promote

Meaning of promote

verb
  1. To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
    He promoted his clerk to office manager.
  2. 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.
  3. To encourage, urge or incite.
  4. (usually in passive form) To elevate to a higher league.
    At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to the Premier League.
  5. To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure.
  6. To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank.
    Having crossed the chessboard, his pawn was promoted to a queen.
  7. To move on to a subsequent stage of education.
    At the end of Primary 6 students can promote directly to the secondary section of SIS.

Information about promote

  • It is a verb.
  • The plural form of promote is: promotes.
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Hyphenation of promote

pro-mote

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • promote is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

promote synonyms

Meaning advance:

advance, boost, further, encourage

Meaning upgrade:

upgrade, advance, raise, elevate

Meaning advertise:

advertise, advertize, push

promote antonyms

Meaning :

denigrate, oppose, demote, relegate

Translation of promote

Anagrams of promote

protome, temporo, topomer

Words that rhyme with promote

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