promote
To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
Example
“He promoted his clerk to office manager.”
Other meanings
To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.
“They promoted the abolition of daylight saving time.”
To encourage, urge or incite.
Synonyms
- advertise
- push
Related words
- oncopromoting
- promotingly
- mispromote
- overpromote
- promotability
- promotable
- promoteability
- promotee
- promotement
- promoter
- promotive
- promotor
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "prōmōtus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “promote” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.