underpromote
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To promote inadequately.
- (chess) To promote (a pawn that has crossed the board) to a less powerful piece than a queen, sometimes strategically useful.
Etymology
Prefix from English promote (advance in rank status).
Origin
English
promote
Gloss
advance in rank status
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- copromote English
- demote English
- overpromote English
- promotability English
- promotable English
- promote English
- promoteability English
- promotee English
- promoter English
- promotest English
- promoteth English
- promotive English
- promotor English
- repromote English
- prōmōtus Latin
- promoten German
- *mew- Proto-Indo-European
- promotere Norwegian Bokmål
- promot Cebuano