promote Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb contribute to the progress or growth of
    advance; encourage; boost; further.
    • I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom
  2. verb give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
    advance; upgrade; kick upstairs; elevate; raise.
    • John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired
    • Women tend not to advance in the major law firms
    • I got promoted after many years of hard work
  3. verb make publicity for; try to sell (a product)
    push; advertise; advertize.
    • The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model
    • The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops
  4. verb be changed for a superior chess or checker piece
  5. verb change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent

WordNet

Pro*mote" transitive verb
Etymology
L. promotus, p. p. of promovere to move forward, to promote; pro forward + movere to move. See Move.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Promoted; present participle & verbal noun Promoting
Definitions
  1. To contribute to the growth, enlargement, or prosperity of (any process or thing that is in course); to forward; to further; to encourage; to advance; to excite; as, to promote learning; to promote disorder; to promote a business venture. "Born to promote all truth." Milton.
  2. To exalt in station, rank, or honor; to elevate; to raise; to prefer; to advance; as, to promote an officer.
    I will promote thee unto very great honor. Num. xxii. 17.
    Exalt her, and she shall promote thee. Prov. iv. 18.
    Syn. -- To forward; advance; further; patronize; help; exalt; prefer; elevate; dignify.
Pro*mote" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To urge on or incite another, as to strife; also, to inform against a person. Obs.

Webster 1913