promote : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: promote	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for promote
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
promote v contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom" Synonym(s): promote, advance, boost, further, encourage 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" Synonym(s): promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate Antonym(s): break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate 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" Synonym(s): advertise, advertize, promote, push be changed for a superior chess or checker piece 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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Promote \Pro*mote"\, v. i. To urge on or incite another, as to strife; also, to inform against a person. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Promote \Promote"\, 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}.] 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. [bd]Born to promote all truth.[b8] --Milton. 2. To exalt in station, rank, or honor; to elevate; to raise; to prefer; to advance; as, to promote an officer. I will promote thee unto very great honor. --Num. xxii. 17. Exalt her, and she shall promote thee. --Prov. iv. 18. Syn: To forward; advance; further; patronize; help; exalt; prefer; elevate; dignify.