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Meaning of promote
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
promote
v 1: contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting
the use of computers in the classroom" [syn: {promote},
{advance}, {boost}, {further}, {encourage}]
2: 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" [syn: {promote}, {upgrade},
{advance}, {kick upstairs}, {raise}, {elevate}] [ant:
{break}, {bump}, {demote}, {kick downstairs}, {relegate}]
3: make publicity for; try to sell (a product); "The salesman is
aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is
heavily advertizing their new laptops" [syn: {advertise},
{advertize}, {promote}, {push}]
4: be changed for a superior chess or checker piece
5: 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
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