How do you use the word "promotion" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "promotion": You are the next in line for promotion. The company rewarded him with promotion.

Promotion Meaning

/pɹəˈməʊʃn̩/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounAn advancement in rank or position.

nounDissemination of information in order to increase its popularity.

Sentence Examples

You are the next in line for promotion.

The company rewarded him with promotion.

The new job is a promotion for him.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

publicity advancement furtherance

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

She received a well-deserved ____ to her senior analyst position last month.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

She received a well-deserved ____ after leading the team to its most successful year on record.

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 Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Late Latin prōmotiōder. Old French promocionbor. Middle English English promotion Late Middle English, from Old French promocion, from Late Latin prōmotiō, from Latin prōmoveō (“to move forward”). Equivalent to promote + -ion.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"By simple promotion and remotion, assisted by some flexure and extension, the distal spines of each would reach and scratch the substratum and, on remotion, sweep coarse particles posteriorly and dorsally." — 1995, Cladocera as Model Organisms in Biology, →ISBN, page 63:

"In other arthropods, promotion-remotion of the leg is accomplished at other joints. For example, in spiders promotion-remotion occurs at the coxa-trochanter joint, insects utilize the body-coxa joint, and […]" — 2008, John L. Capinera, Encyclopedia of Entomology, volume 4, →ISBN, page 3326:

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