(~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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