pro ‧ mo ‧ tion S3 W3 AC /prəˈməʊʃ ə n $ -ˈmoʊ-/ BrE AmE noun
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ promotion , ↑ promoter ; verb : ↑ promote ; adjective : ↑ promotional ]
1 . [uncountable and countable] a move to a more important job or position in a company or organization:
I want a job with good prospects for promotion.
promotion to
Your promotion to Senior Editor is now official.
2 . [uncountable and countable] an activity intended to help sell a product, or the product that is being promoted:
a winter sales promotion
3 . [uncountable] the activity of persuading people to support something
promotion of
the promotion of energy conservation
4 . [uncountable] the activity of helping something to develop or increase
promotion of
the promotion of international environmental cooperation
5 . [uncountable] British English when a sports team moves into a better group of teams OPP relegation
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THESAURUS
▪ advertisement :
an advertisement for shampoo
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They placed an advertisement in the newspaper.
▪ ad informal an advertisement:
She’s been in several TV ads.
▪ advert British English an advertisement:
a job advert
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He took out a front-page advert for his shop.
▪ commercial an advertisement on television or radio:
television commercials
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He was in some commercials for beer.
▪ trailer an advertisement in the cinema, on television, or online for a film or programme which will be shown soon:
A second trailer for Richard Friedman’s film has just been added to the website.
▪ promotion a series of advertisements for a company’s products:
The company has spent more than $300 million on promotions for the brand.
▪ poster an advertisement on a wall:
They selected a famous artist to do the poster for the upcoming performance.
▪ billboard ( also hoarding British English ) a large sign next to a road, with an advertisement on it:
billboard advertisements
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A huge hoarding shows two contrasting images.
▪ flyer a piece of paper with an advertisement on it, often given to you in the street:
Someone was handing out flyers for a new nightclub.
▪ banner ad an advertisement across the top of a page on the Internet:
Banner ads are becoming more sophisticated.
▪ junk mail unwanted advertisements that you get in the post:
I never read junk mail.
▪ spam unwanted emails advertising things:
I’m trying to delete all the spam.
▪ classified ad ( also want ad American English , small ad British English ) a short advertisement that you put in a newspaper if you want to buy or sell something:
The bike was advertised for sale in the small ads section.