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Definisjon av promote

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WordNet WordNet by Princeton University

Verb
promote - contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"
advance, boost, further, encourage
back up, support make a copy of (a computer file) especially for storage in another place as a security copy; "You'd better back up these files!"
connive at, wink at give one's silent approval to
further, foster help develop, help grow; "nurture his talents"
spur goad with spurs; "the rider spurred his horse"
help improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient"
carry continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces"
feed introduce continuously; "feed carrots into a food processor"
conduce, contribute, lead contribute to some cause; "I gave at the office"
promote - 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"
upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate
demote, kick downstairs, relegate, bump, break assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant"
delegate, depute, designate, assign give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
tenure give life-time employment to; "She was tenured after she published her book"
bring up cause to come to a sudden stop; "The noise brought her up in shock"
spot promote promote on the spot; "Supreme Bishop Digby had been spot-promoted to Archangel"
ennoble, entitle, gentle give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
favor, favour, prefer consider as the favorite; "The local team was favored"
brevet promote somebody by brevet, in the military
promote - 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
play engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea"
chess game, chess a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king
promote 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
queen become a queen; "her pawn queened"
promote - be changed for a superior chess or checker piece
promote 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
change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
board game a game played on a specially designed board
queen become a queen; "her pawn queened"
promote - 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"
advertise, advertize, push
praise express approval of; "The parents praised their children for their academic performance"
propagandise, propagandize spread by propaganda
plug insert as a plug; "She plugged a cork in the wine bottle"
bill advertise especially by posters or placards; "He was billed as the greatest tenor since Caruso"
crusade, campaign, fight, agitate, push, press go on a crusade; fight a holy war
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Verb
promote - To raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
promote - To advocate or urge on behalf of something or someone; to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.
promote - To encourage, urge or incite.
promote - To elevate to the above league.

OmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • promote
    To help to advance (in terms of knowledge).
  • promote
    To attempt to popularize or sell a product by advertising or publicity.
  • promote
    To advocate or urge the adoption of something.
  • promote
    To raise someone to a more important, responsible or better paid job or rank.

Verb

  • Infinitiv: (to) promote
  • Presens: promote / promotes
  • Preteritum: promoted
  • Perfektum: (have) promoted

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