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.
verbPromote
To support, encourage, or advance someone or something; to raise to a higher position; or to publicize or market a product, idea, or cause.
verbImagine 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.
Sounds Like
pruh-MOHT
Looks Like
Shares the root with promotion and promoter; visually linked to related forms like promotional
Remember This
The noun form is promotion and the adjective is promotional; both share the same root as promote, meaning forward motion or advancement.
Other Forms
Connect With
advocate, encourage, sponsor, publicize, foster
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.