promote

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Pronunciation

/prəˈməʊt/(pruh-MOHT)

Part of speech

verbneutral

Chinese

促进；晋升；推广（支持某事物的增长；给某人更高职位；宣传某产品）

Definition

To support or actively encourage something; to raise someone to a higher position; to publicise a product or cause.

Word family

  • promotion/prəˈməʊʃən/(n)晋升；促销；推广
  • promotional/prəˈməʊʃənəl/(adj)促销的
  • promoter/prəˈməʊtə/(n)推广者；发起人

Collocations

  • promote growth
  • be promoted to
  • promote diversity
  • promotional campaign
  • career promotion
  • promote a product
  • promote awareness

Examples

  1. 1.She was promoted to senior director after successfully leading the company's digital transformation.
  2. 2.The government launched a campaign to promote healthy eating habits among schoolchildren.

Synonyms

  • advance/ədˈvɑːns/— move forward; further the development of
  • foster/ˈfɒstə/— encourage the development of
  • advocate/ˈædvəkeɪt/— publicly recommend or support

Etymology

from Latin "promovere" = to move forward, from "pro-" (forward) + "movere" (to move)