verb
1 encourage sth
ADVERB
▪ strongly
▪
Human rights are strongly ~d by all our members.
▪ actively , directly
▪ indirectly
▪ effectively , successfully
▪ deliberately , intentionally
▪
They claimed that the authorities had deliberately ~d the violence.
VERB + PROMOTE
▪ aim to , seek to , try to
▪ help (to)
▪
Basketball stars have helped ~ the sport overseas.
▪ be designed to
▪
measures designed to ~ economic growth
▪ be likely to
▪ serve to
▪
Bonus payments to staff serve to ~ commitment to the company.
▪ tend to
PREPOSITION
▪ through
▪
Young people's awareness of the issues is ~d through publicity material.
PHRASES
▪ a campaign to ~ sth , a scheme to ~ sth ( BrE )
▪ be aimed at promoting sth
▪ be widely ~d
▪ efforts to ~ sth , measures to ~ sth
2 advertise sth
ADVERB
▪ aggressively , heavily , vigorously
▪
The new products have been very heavily ~d.
▪ widely
PREPOSITION
▪ as
▪
The country is now being ~d as a travel destination.
▪ through
▪
The company's products have been ~d mainly through advertising in newspapers.
Promote is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ artist , ↑ awareness , ↑ benefit , ↑ cause , ↑ circulation , ↑ competence , ↑ competition , ↑ confidence , ↑ consumption , ↑ cooperation , ↑ creativity , ↑ debate , ↑ democracy , ↑ development , ↑ diversity , ↑ education , ↑ efficiency , ↑ emergence , ↑ engagement , ↑ enterprise , ↑ equality , ↑ excellence , ↑ expansion , ↑ export , ↑ film , ↑ freedom , ↑ friendship , ↑ growth , ↑ harmony , ↑ health , ↑ idea , ↑ ideal , ↑ ideology , ↑ image , ↑ importance , ↑ improvement , ↑ independence , ↑ initiative , ↑ innovation , ↑ integration , ↑ interest , ↑ intimacy , ↑ investment , ↑ justice , ↑ learning , ↑ lifestyle , ↑ literacy , ↑ movement , ↑ movie , ↑ myth , ↑ objective , ↑ participation , ↑ partnership , ↑ peace , ↑ policy , ↑ practice , ↑ product , ↑ production , ↑ reconciliation , ↑ recovery , ↑ reform , ↑ relaxation , ↑ religion , ↑ research , ↑ resilience , ↑ right , ↑ site , ↑ sleep , ↑ solidarity , ↑ spirit , ↑ sport , ↑ spread , ↑ stability , ↑ teaching , ↑ teamwork , ↑ thinking , ↑ tolerance , ↑ tourism , ↑ trade , ↑ understanding , ↑ unity , ↑ use , ↑ value , ↑ view , ↑ violence , ↑ virtue , ↑ vision , ↑ wares , ↑ welfare , ↑ well-being