promote

promote is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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.
2. transitive verb. To exalt in station, rank, or honor; to elevate; to raise; to prefer; to advance; as, to promote an officer.
3. intransitive verb. To urge on or incite another, as to strife; also, to inform against a person.
4. verb. 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"

   Synonyms: advertise, advertize, push

5. verb. 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
6. verb. be changed for a superior chess or checker piece
7. verb. 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"

   Synonyms: advance, elevate, raise, upgrade

8. verb. contribute to the progress or growth of

   "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"

   Synonyms: advance, boost, encourage, further

Synonyms

advertise, advertize, push, advance, elevate, raise, upgrade, boost, encourage, further

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in promote:

protome

Common word forms

promoted, promoter, promotes, promoting, promotement

Words from these letters

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