Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To raise to a more important or responsible job or rank.
- transitive verb To advance (a student) to the next higher grade.
- transitive verb To contribute to the progress or growth of; further. synonym: advance.
- transitive verb To urge the adoption of; advocate.
- transitive verb To attempt to sell or popularize by advertising or publicity.
- transitive verb To help establish or organize (a new enterprise), as by securing financial backing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Promoted.
- In ecclesiastical law, to appeal to an ecclesiastical court, acting therein as informant and receiving compensation or fines exacted from the defendant. Such an informant is called a promoter and the court is said to be promoted.
- To contribute to the establishment, growth, enlargement, or improvement of, as of anything valuable, or to the development, increase, or influence of, as of anything evil; forward; advance.
- To exalt, or raise to a higher post or position; prefer in rank or honor: as, to
promote a captain to a majority. - To inform against.
- Synonyms To further, help, encourage, assist.
- To give information; be an informer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete To urge on or incite another, as to strife; also, to inform against a person.
- transitive verb 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
- transitive verb To exalt in station, rank, or honor; to elevate; to raise; to prefer; to advance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
raise (someone) to a moreimportant ,responsible , orremunerative job orrank . - verb transitive To
advocate orurge on behalf of (something or someone); toattempt topopularize orsell by means ofadvertising orpublicity . - verb To
encourage ,urge orincite - verb sports To
elevate to the aboveleague .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb be changed for a superior chess or checker piece
- verb contribute to the progress or growth of
- verb give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- verb make publicity for; try to sell (a product)
- 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The only freedom modern “libertarians” seem to promote is the freedom of deregulation, the freedom to support the second and only the second amendment, the freedom of minority oppression and the freedom to tell you what your freedoms are. bizarrobrain (brought to you by The Citadel of Satanic Kitten Worship and Tidy Cat) says:
Think Progress » Army Secretary says Gates has placed a de facto moratorium on DADT discharges. 2010
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At a meeting with progressive bloggers yesterday, Obama addressed the stomping of the MoveOn. org activist and the rise in violence, saying, I think that one of the things that I've always tried to promote is civility in politics.
From Rand Paul Stomper To Allen West's Bikers: Rise In Far-Right Violence During 2010 Elections The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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I guess the main principle we want to promote is a simple principle of “say on pay,” that shareholders have a chance to actually scrutinize what CEOs are getting paid.
Matthew Yglesias » What Is The Problem That Obama’s Bad Advisors Are Responsible For? 2010
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The only freedom modern “libertarians” seem to promote is the freedom of deregulation, the freedom to support the second and only the second amendment, the freedom of minority oppression and the freedom to tell you what your freedoms are.
Think Progress » Army Secretary says Gates has placed a de facto moratorium on DADT discharges. 2010
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For those Republicans, they only moral and family values they seem to want to talk about and promote is opposition to gay marriage and other rights, and opposition to abortion; they never want to discuss those judeo-christian which may actually cost money to address, such a looking after the less fortunate.
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They need to be taken off the air since all they promote is division and hatred in this country which is the last thing we need.
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What I promote is the idea that more people share my expectations, so fewer people are harmed by government failure, and so we can stop this slide toward increasingly large portions of our lives being subject to the whims, interests, and prejudices of politicians.
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What I promote is the idea that more people share my expectations, so fewer people are harmed by government failure, and so we can stop this slide toward increasingly large portions of our lives being subject to the whims, interests, and prejudices of politicians.
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The White House and all serious academia have black listed FoX News because everything they say, write and promote is based on emotion, ignorance and intolerance for other views and other non-white races.
CNN Poll: Americans mostly agree with Obama on Afghanistan 2009
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The only freedom modern “libertarians” seem to promote is the freedom of deregulation, the freedom to support the second and only the second amendment, the freedom of minority oppression and the freedom to tell you what your freedoms are.
Think Progress » Army Secretary says Gates has placed a de facto moratorium on DADT discharges. 2010
seanahan commented on the word promote
In chess, moving a pawn to the 8th rank, allows it to return as a queen, rook, knight, or bishop. Similar to "kinging" in checkers.
February 21, 2007