promote
English
/pɹəˈmoʊt/, /pɹəˈməʊt/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
- (transitive) To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.
- (transitive) To encourage, urge or incite.
- (sports) To elevate to a higher league.
- (transitive) To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure.
- (transitive) To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank.
- (intransitive) To move on to a subsequent stage of education.
Etymology
Root from Proto-Indo-European *mew- (move, drive, damp).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mew-
Gloss
move, drive, damp
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
湿
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- commotion English
- copromote English
- copromoter English
- demote English
- demotee English
- demoter English
- emote English
- emoter English
- emoticon English
- emotion English
- emotionable English
- emotional English
- immovable English
- locomote English
- mobility English
- mobilization English
- mobilize English
- motile English
- motility English
- motionless English
- movability English
- movable English
- movableness English
- movably English
- moveless English
- movelessly English
- movelessness English
- mover English
- movie English
- movingly English
- movingness English
- osteopromotive English
- overemote English
- overpromote English
- premotion English
- promotability English
- promotable English
- promoteability English
- promotee English
- promoter English
- promoterless English
- promoterome English
- promotest English
- promoteth English
- promotion English
- promotional English
- promotive English
- promotively English
- promotiveness English
- promotor English
- promotorless English
- remoteness English
- removable English
- removal English
- removalist English
- remover English
- repromote English
- underpromote English
- unmovable English
- unmoveable English
- unpromotable English
- motio Latin
- motivum Latin
- moveo Latin
- movere Latin
- moveō Latin
- movēre Latin
- mōbilis Latin
- mōtivus Latin
- mōtō Latin
- prōmōtus Latin
- remotus Latin
- removēre, removeo Latin
- Promoter German
- promoten German
- μυρίος Ancient Greek
- *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European
- *mew- Proto-Indo-European
- promotere Norwegian Bokmål
- promot Cebuano
- múnigid Old Irish
- movie
- emote
- mover
- emoter
- demote
- motile
- demoter
- movable
- movably
- emotion
- remover
- demotee
- removal
- promoter
- locomote
- mobilize
- moveless
- movingly
- motility
- promotor
- emoticon
- mobility
- promotee
- repromote
- copromote
- overemote
- promotion
- promotest
- immovable
- promoteth
- promotive
- commotion
- premotion
- removable
- unmovable
- emotional
- movelessly
- motionless
- removalist
- remoteness
- movability
- unmoveable
- movingness
- promotable
- copromoter
- emotionable
- promotively
- movableness
- overpromote
- promoterome
- promotional
- unpromotable
- promotorless
- underpromote
- mobilization
- promoterless
- movelessness
- promotability
- promotiveness
- promoteability
- osteopromotive