Promote - Definition
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