promote
♦♦ pro|mote /prəm'oʊt/ (promotes promoting promoted)
1 [VERB] V n
If people promote something, they help or encourage it to happen, increase, or spread.
You don't have to sacrifice environmental protection to promote economic growth...
= encourage
≠ discourage
● promotion [N-UNCOUNT] with supp, usu N of n
The government has pledged to give the promotion of democracy higher priority.
2 [VERB] V n, be V-ed as n
If a firm promotes a product, it tries to increase the sales or popularity of that product.
Paul Weller has announced a full British tour to promote his second solo album.
...a special St Lucia week where the island could be promoted as a tourist destination.
3 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed from/to n, be V-ed
If someone is promoted, they are given a more important job or rank in the organization that they work for.
I was promoted to editor and then editorial director...
In fact, those people have been promoted.
4 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed to n
If a team that competes in a league is promoted, 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 promoted to the First Division.
≠ relegate
● promotion [N-UNCOUNT]
Fans of Leeds United have been celebrating their team's promotion to the first division.
≠ relegation
1 [VERB] V n
If people promote something, they help or encourage it to happen, increase, or spread.
You don't have to sacrifice environmental protection to promote economic growth...
= encourage
≠ discourage
● promotion [N-UNCOUNT] with supp, usu N of n
The government has pledged to give the promotion of democracy higher priority.
2 [VERB] V n, be V-ed as n
If a firm promotes a product, it tries to increase the sales or popularity of that product.
Paul Weller has announced a full British tour to promote his second solo album.
...a special St Lucia week where the island could be promoted as a tourist destination.
3 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed from/to n, be V-ed
If someone is promoted, they are given a more important job or rank in the organization that they work for.
I was promoted to editor and then editorial director...
In fact, those people have been promoted.
4 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed to n
If a team that competes in a league is promoted, 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 promoted to the First Division.
≠ relegate
● promotion [N-UNCOUNT]
Fans of Leeds United have been celebrating their team's promotion to the first division.
≠ relegation