Promote
/pɹəˈmoʊt/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
verbTo advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.
Sentence Examples
We must promote commerce with neighboring countries.
This would help us promote your products in the most effective way.
The band has gone on tour to promote their new album.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The company decided to ____ her to manager because of her success.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The company decided to ____ her to regional director after three years of outstanding performance.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin prōmoveō Latin prōmōtusbor. English promote From Latin prōmōtus, perfect passive participle of prōmoveō (“move forward, advance”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"so that finding myself on the point of going, and loath to leave the tender partner of my joys behind me, I employed all the forwarding motions and arts my experience suggested to me, to promote his keeping me company to our journey's end."
— 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:
"It appears that Le Guin is promoting a sort of self-critique on her own ideology. Interestingly, although the story does give such an impression, the problematic characteristics of the Anarresti society are far more severe than economic scarcities or isolation."
— 2019 May 21, Israel Alves Corrêa Noletto, Sebastião Alves Teixeira Lopes, “Language and ideology: glossopoesis as a secondary narrative framework in Le Guin’s The dispossessed”, in Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture, volume 41, number 2, →DOI:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The company decided to ____ her to manager because of her success.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The company decided to ____ her to regional director after three years of outstanding performance.