PROMOTE

(RAISE) [verb] [T] - to raise (someone) to a higher or more important rank or positionIf I'm not promoted within the next two years I'm going to change jobs.She's just been promoted which means a company car and an extra five thousand.He was promoted from Captain to Commodore in 1939.If Coventry City win this match they'll be promoted to the Premier League.Compare demote.(US) If a student is promoted, they go up to the next higher grade (= level of schooling) at the end of the school year after completing their work during the year successfully.The fifth graders did very well this year and all have been promoted to grade six.