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- pronunciation:
- pr
mot
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
promotes, promoting, promoted |
| definition 1: |
to support the existence, growth, or advance of.
These toxic substances promote the growth of tumors.Yoga promotes a sense of well-being.They've launched a campaign to promote awareness of the dangers of alcohol.
- synonyms:
- cultivate, encourage, forward, foster, further
- antonyms:
- hinder, obstruct
- similar words:
- advocate, aid, assist, augment, back, conduce to, enhance, expedite, nourish, prefer, support
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| definition 2: |
to advance (someone) to a higher rank or position.
Because of his excellent job performance, he was promoted within the first year.- synonyms:
- advance, elevate, raise
- antonyms:
- bust, demote, disparage, downgrade
- similar words:
- exalt, kick upstairs, prefer, upgrade
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| definition 3: |
to advertise or otherwise encourage the purchase of.
The company is heavily promoting its newest product this month.- synonyms:
- advertise, boost, plug, publicize, push
- similar words:
- ballyhoo, encourage, hype, merchandise, trumpet
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| related words: |
agitate, better, blaze, boost, breed, commend, develop, enable, help, introduce, invite, lift, patronize, plug, promulgate, recommend, sell, speed, suggest, tout |
adverb + (v.)promote
actively, aggressively, heavily, thereby, vigorously
(v.)promote
+ adverb
abroad, environmentally
(v.)promote
+ noun
acceptance,
achievement,
adoption,
agenda,
album,
awareness,
collaboration,
competition,
conservation,
cooperation,
democracy,
development,
dialogue,
diversity,
efficiency,
engagement,
equality,
excellence,
export,
fitness,
growth,
harmony,
healing,
health,
ideal,
ideology,
independence,
innovation,
integration,
interaction,
interest,
involvement,
learning,
lifestyle,
literacy,
means,
participation,
partnership,
peace,
product,
prosperity,
rank,
reconciliation,
recovery,
reform,
stability,
thinking,
tolerance,
tourism,
trade,
transfer,
understanding,
unity,
use,
welfare,
well-being
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| derivation: |
promotable (adj.) |
The word promote
contains the following part:
pro-1
Latin
prefix
that means before, forward, forth
  Example words:
procedure, proceed, proclaim, proclivity, procrastinate, procreate, procumbent, procure, prodigal, produce, profane, profess, proffer, proficient, profound, profuse, progenitor, progeny, progress, project, projectile, prolate, prolix, prominent, promise, promote, promulgate, pronominal, pronoun, propagate, propel, propensity, proponent, proposal, propose, proposition, propound, prorogue, proscribe, prosecute, prospect, prospective, prospectus, protect, protract, protrude, protuberant, proverb, proverbial, provide, provident, proviso, provoke, provost
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