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Promote

To support, encourage, or advance someone or something; to raise to a higher position; or to publicize or market a product, idea, or cause.

verb
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Imagine This

Imagine a school club member giving a crowd-pleasing speech while the principal steps up to announce that the member is being promoted to club president, symbolized by a ceremonial badge and a spotlight.

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Sounds Like

pruh-MOHT

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Looks Like

Shares the root with promotion and promoter; visually linked to related forms like promotional

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Remember This

The noun form is promotion and the adjective is promotional; both share the same root as promote, meaning forward motion or advancement.

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Other Forms

promotionnoun
promotionaladjective
promoternoun
promotingverb
promotedverb
promotesverb
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Connect With

advocate, encourage, sponsor, publicize, foster

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Note

Use promote when you mean to advocate for or raise someone/something (verb). Do not confuse with promotion (noun) or promotional (adjective). In business, promote often means publicize or market, not just advance.

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