PROMOTE


Meaning of PROMOTE in English

(~s, promoting, ~d)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

If people ~ something, they help or encourage it to happen, increase, or spread.

You don’t have to sacrifice environmental protection to ~ economic growth...

= encourage

? discourage

VERB: V n

promotion

The government has pledged to give the promotion of democracy higher priority.

N-UNCOUNT: with supp, usu N of n

2.

If a firm ~s a product, it tries to increase the sales or popularity of that product.

Paul Weller has announced a full British tour to ~ his second solo album.

...a special St Lucia week where the island could be ~d as a tourist destination.

VERB: V n, be V-ed as n

3.

If someone is ~d, they are given a more important job or rank in the organization that they work for.

I was ~d to editor and then editorial director...

In fact, those people have been ~d.

VERB: usu passive, be V-ed from/to n, be V-ed

4.

If a team that competes in a league is ~d, it starts competing in a higher division in the next season because it was one of the most successful teams in the lower division. (BRIT)

Woodford Green won the Second Division title and are ~d to the First Division.

? relegate

VERB: usu passive, be V-ed to n

promotion

Fans of Leeds United have been celebrating their team’s promotion to the first division.

? relegation

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