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English verb: promote | |||
| 1. | promote (social) contribute to the progress or growth of | ||
| Samples | I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom. | ||
| Synonyms | advance, boost, encourage, further | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | back up, support | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | carry, conduce, connive at, contribute, feed, foster, further, help, lead, spur, wink at | ||
| 2. | promote (social) give a promotion to or assign to a higher position | ||
| Samples | John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired. Women tend not to advance in the major law firms. I got promoted after many years of hard work. | ||
| Synonyms | advance, elevate, kick upstairs, raise, upgrade | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | assign, delegate, depute, designate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | brevet, bring up, ennoble, entitle, favor, favour, gentle, prefer, spot promote, tenure | ||
| Antonyms | demote, kick downstairs, relegate, bump, break | ||
| 3. | promote (communication) make publicity for; try to sell (a product) | ||
| Samples | The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model. The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops. | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue promote the movie | ||
| Synonyms | advertise, advertize, push | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | praise | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | agitate, bill, campaign, crusade, fight, plug, press, propagandise, propagandize, push | ||
| Verb group | agitate, campaign, crusade, fight, press, push | ||
| 4. | promote (competition) be changed for a superior chess or checker piece | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | queen | ||
| Verb group | promote | ||
| Domain category | board game | ||
| 5. | promote (competition) change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | play | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | queen | ||
| Verb group | promote | ||
| Domain category | chess, chess game | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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