promote

Academic Word List, sublist 4.

About 21.67 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.

   He promoted his clerk to office manager.

2. verb 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. verb To encourage, urge or incite.
4. verb To elevate to a higher league.

   At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to the Premier League.

5. verb To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure.
6. verb 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. verb 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.

8. verb To treat (a value) as a more capable data type or as having higher priority.

   to promote an int to a long

Similar words

kick upstairs advance elevate raise further boost upgrade push encourage advertize

Often followed by

the a their and his an its it economic this

Word family

promotabilities promotability promotable promoted promoter promoters promotes promoting promotion promotions