Promote
[prə'məʊt] or [prə'mot]
Definition
(verb.) 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.
(verb.) be changed for a superior chess or checker piece.
(verb.) give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; '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'.
(verb.) contribute to the progress or growth of; 'I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom'.
Checked by Alissa--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To contribute to the growth, enlargement, or prosperity of (any process or thing that is in course); to forward; to further; to encourage; to advance; to excite; as, to promote learning; to promote disorder; to promote a business venture.
(v. t.) To exalt in station, rank, or honor; to elevate; to raise; to prefer; to advance; as, to promote an officer.
(v. i.) To urge on or incite another, as to strife; also, to inform against a person.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Forward, advance, further, encourage, help, assist.[2]. Elevate, exalt, raise, prefer.
Editor: Solomon
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Aid, further, advance, excite, exalt, raise, elevate, prefer
ANT:Discourage, repress, hinder, check, allay, depress, degrade, dishonor
Editor: Shanna
Definition
v.t. to move forward: to help on the growth or improvement of anything: to advance: to further: to encourage: to raise to a higher position: to elevate.—ns. Promō′ter; Promō′tion the act of promoting: advancement in rank or in honour: encouragement: preferment.—adj. Promō′tive.—Be on one's promotion to have right or hope of promotion: to be on good behaviour with a view to chances of promotion.
Checker: Tina
Examples
- Being merely sheltered by others would not promote growth. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Smith; promote him, he said, and the whole country will applaud. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It cannot promote health nor ease pain; it makes no increase of merit in the person; it creates envy; it hastens misfortune. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Have those public endowments contributed in general, to promote the end of their institution? Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- To promote such improvements was even said to be the chief of the public-spirited purposes for which it was instituted. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- By pursuing his own interest, he frequently promotes that of the society more effectually than when he really intends to promote it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He promoted his brothers ridiculously--for they were the most ordinary of men. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I'm glad you're going to be promoted captain. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Smith, who had been promoted to the rank of major-general shortly after the battle of Chattanooga on my recommendation, had not yet been confirmed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In both ways, this philosophy promoted a wider and more democratic social concern. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- When he heard the good news he promoted all the officers of any considerable rank for their conspicuous gallantry. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He collected vast numbers of manuscripts, had strange animals brought from distant land s to Alexandria, and otherwise promoted scientific research. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He had lately been my sole friend, and his attention had promoted my recovery. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I should have had inexpressible pleasure, I should have taken inexpressible interest, in promoting it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I give her credit for promoting his going dutifully down to Bath, to fetch his mother; but how will she and the dowager agree in one house? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Mrs. Dashwood seemed actually working for her, herself; cherishing all her hopes, and promoting all her views! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- In such cases, though the individual merit of the inventor is small, the benefit conferred may be important, and may operate influentially in promoting the progress of civilization. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Not the least of the applications of the dynamo is its use in electro-metallurgy for plating metals, and also for promoting chemical reactions. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- By pursuing his own interest, he frequently promotes that of the society more effectually than when he really intends to promote it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Exercise should precede meals, not immediately follow them; the first promotes, the latter, unless moderate, obstructs digestion. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The former according to him encourage s the deterioration of humanity; the latter promotes advancement. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It may usually be kept longer than this, however, as the jarring of a railway train promotes its evaporation and loss. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This promotes safety by causing the hammers to be normally and automatically held away from the firing pins. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Whatever either promotes or obstructs the one, necessarily promotes or obstructs the other. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The addition of phosphorus promotes the fluidity of the metal and makes very clean, fine and strong castings. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Editor: Sidney