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Meaning of promote

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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