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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (5)

1. contribute to the progress or growth of;
- Example: "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"
[syn: promote, advance, boost, further, encourage]

2. give a promotion to or assign to a higher position;
- Example: "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"
- Example: "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"
- Example: "I got promoted after many years of hard work"
[syn: promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate]

3. make publicity for; try to sell (a product);
- Example: "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"
- Example: "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops"
[syn: advertise, advertize, promote, push]

4. be changed for a superior chess or checker piece;

5. 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; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Promote \Pro*mote"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Promoted; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Promoting.] [L. promotus, p. p. of promovere to move
   forward, to promote; pro forward + movere to move. See
   Move.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. 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; as, to
      promote learning; to promote disorder; to promote a
      business venture. "Born to promote all truth." --Milton.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To exalt in station, rank, or honor; to elevate; to raise;
      to prefer; to advance; as, to promote an officer.
      [1913 Webster]

            I will promote thee unto very great honor. --Num.
                                                  xxii. 17.
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            Exalt her, and she shall promote thee. --Prov. iv.
                                                  18.
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   Syn: To forward; advance; further; patronize; help; exalt;
        prefer; elevate; dignify.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Promote \Pro*mote"\, v. i.
   To urge on or incite another, as to strife; also, to inform
   against a person. [Obs.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

promote
    v 1: contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting
         the use of computers in the classroom" [syn: promote,
         advance, boost, further, encourage]
    2: give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was
       kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend
       not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after
       many years of hard work" [syn: promote, upgrade,
       advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate] [ant:
       break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate]
    3: make publicity for; try to sell (a product); "The salesman is
       aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is
       heavily advertizing their new laptops" [syn: advertise,
       advertize, promote, push]
    4: be changed for a superior chess or checker piece
    5: 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