promote
to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
to advance in rank, dignity, position, etc. (opposed to demote).
Education. to put ahead to the next higher stage or grade of a course or series of classes.
to aid in organizing (business undertakings).
to encourage the sales, acceptance, etc., of (a product), especially through advertising or other publicity.
Informal. to obtain (something) by cunning or trickery; wangle.
Origin of promote
1Other words for promote
Opposites for promote
Other words from promote
- pro·mot·able, adjective
- pro·mot·a·bil·i·ty, noun
- pre·pro·mote, verb (used with object), pre·pro·mot·ed, pre·pro·mot·ing.
- self-pro·mot·ing, adjective
- un·pro·mot·a·ble, adjective
- un·pro·mot·ed, adjective
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How to use promote in a sentence
No, the real problem with this song is not that it promotes anything so much as that it promotes everything.
The Democracy Fund, which promotes democratic institutions abroad, went from $114 million to zero.
Is It Just Me or Is the World Exploding? So Why Isn’t Obama Doing More? | Michael Tomasky | July 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDespite taking on regular clients, Nadelson says his company in no way promotes addiction.
The I.V. Doc Comes to Your House, Fights Hangovers, and Wins | Abby Haglage | July 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLululemon Promotes Anti-Sunscreen: Printed on the bags of retailer Lululemon is a warning against the use of sunscreen.
Lottie Moss Channels Kate for Calvin Klein; Terry Richardson Shoots for 'Playboy' | The Fashion Beast Team | July 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFormer physics professor Deborah Haarsma is the president of the BioLogos Foundation, which promotes evolution to evangelicals.
The Christian Reformed Church Still Won’t Stand Up For Science | Karl W. Giberson | June 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
This mode of learning promotes attention and prevents mind-wandering.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)Whatever is great promotes cultivation as 45 soon as we are aware of it.
But redemption is the great work that restores order and promotes concord.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II | Francis Augustus CoxIt kindles a healthy enthusiasm, promotes good-nature, repels pretension, and rebukes vanity.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume VII | John LordCapitalism no longer promotes the greatest good of the greatest number, It no longer spells progress, but reaction.
Communism and Christianism | William Montgomery Brown
British Dictionary definitions for promote
/ (prəˈməʊt) /
to further or encourage the progress or existence of
to raise to a higher rank, status, degree, etc
to advance (a pupil or student) to a higher course, class, etc
to urge the adoption of; work for: to promote reform
to encourage the sale of (a product) by advertising or securing financial support
chess to exchange (a pawn) for any piece other than a king when the pawn reaches the 8th rank
Origin of promote
1Derived forms of promote
- promotable, adjective
- promotion, noun
- promotional, adjective
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