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promote

verb

1 promote

Contribute to the progress or growth of.

synonyms: advance, boost, encourage, further.

Roget 176: tend, contribute, conduce, lead, dispose, incline, verge, bend to, trend, affect, carry, redound to, bid fair to, gravitate towards; ... show more

Roget 658: improve; be better, become better, get better; mend, amend.    advance etc. (progress) 282; ascend etc. 305; increase ... show more

Roget 707: aid, assist, help, succor, lend one's aid; come to the aid etc. n.. of; contribute, subscribe to; bring aid, give aid, furnish aid, ... show more

2 promote

Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position:
— I got promoted after many years of hard work.

synonyms: advance, elevate, kick upstairs, raise, upgrade.

3 promote

Make publicity for; try to sell (a product).

synonyms: advertise, advertize, push.

Dutch: promoveren, annonceren, aankondigen, pushen, promoten, adverteren

4 promote

Be changed for a superior chess or checker piece.

5 promote

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.

Dutch: bevorderen, promotie maken, promoten


Moby thesaurus: abet, acculturate, act for, actuate, advance, advantage, advertise, advocate, aggrandize, aid, ameliorate, amend, animate, answer, assist, back, ballyhoo, bark, be instrumental, be right ... show more.

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