Definition of promote | Collins English Dictionary

promote (prəˈməʊt)

to further or encourage the progress or existence of
to raise to a higher rank, status, degree, etc
to advance (a pupil or student) to a higher course, class, etc
to urge the adoption of; work for ⇒ to promote reform
to encourage the sale of (a product) by advertising or securing financial support
chess to exchange (a pawn) for any piece other than a king when the pawn reaches the 8th rank

proˈmotable adjective proˈmotion noun proˈmotional adjective

C14: from Latin prōmovēre to push onwards, from pro-C14: from Latin to push onwards, from ¹ + to move + movēre to move

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= help, back, support, further, develop, aid, forward, champion, encourage, advance, work for urge, boost, recommend, sponsor, foster, contribute to assist, advocate, stimulate, endorse, prescribe, speak for, nurture, push for, espouse, popularize, gee up,

= advertise, sell, hype, publicize, push, plug, puff, call attention to beat the drum for,

British English: promote If people promote something, they help to make it happen, increase, or become more popular.She came to London to promote her latest book.prəˈməʊt VERB She came to London to promote her latest book.
Spanish: ascender v
French: promouvoir vt
German: fördern v
Chinese: 促进 v
Arabic: يُرَوِجّ v
Portuguese: promover v
Russian: продвигать v
Croatian: promovirati v
Czech: prosadit v prosazovat
Danish: fremme v
Dutch: promoten v
Finnish: edesauttaa v
Greek: προάγω v
Italian: promuovere v
Japanese: 促進する v
Korean: 촉진하다 v
Norwegian: fremme v
Polish: promować v
Brazilian Portuguese: promover v
European Spanish: ascender v
Swedish: främja v
Thai: ส่งเสริม v
Turkish: tanıtımını yapmak v
Vietnamese: xúc tiến v

Speak knowingly of my brusque personality - a personality his encouragement has helped to promote.
Vanessa Jones, THE KINDEST USE A KNIFE (2002)
The government supports this view and encourages all relevant bodies to work together to help promote angling.
Country Life (2005)
This inaccurate and intemperate language was designed to promote fear.
Irish Times (2002)
But as they laboured over the album, going away for months on end to promote it seemed a slog.
Glasgow Herald (2001)
To promote it, his British record company had decided to sail a huge plaster statue of Jackson down the River Thames.
John Harris, THE LAST PARTY: Britpop, Blair and the demise of English rock (2003)