promote

1. Contribute to the progress or growth of (synset 202560630)
   "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"
   is a type of: back up, support - give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
   subtypes:

   • connive at, wink at - give one's silent approval to
   • foster, further - promote the growth of
   • spur - incite or stimulate
   • help - contribute to the furtherance of
   • carry - take further or advance
   • feed - support or promote
   • conduce, contribute, lead - be conducive to
   same as: advance, boost, encourage, further
2. Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position (synset 202402779)
   "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"
   is a type of: assign, delegate, depute, designate - give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
   subtypes:

   • tenure - give life-time employment to
   • bring up - promote from a lower position or rank
   • spot promote - promote on the spot
   • ennoble, entitle, gentle - give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
   • favor, favour, prefer - promote over another
   • brevet - promote somebody by brevet, in the military
   same as: advance, elevate, kick upstairs, raise, upgrade
3. Make publicity for;
   Try to sell (a product) (synset 200978685)
   "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops"
   is a type of: praise - express approval of
   subtypes:

   • propagandise, propagandize - spread by propaganda
   • plug - make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote
   • bill - advertise especially by posters or placards
   • agitate, campaign, crusade, fight, press, push - exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
   same as: advertise, advertize, push
   verb group: agitate, campaign, crusade, fight, press, push - exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
4. Be changed for a superior chess or checker piece (synset 201082916)
   referred to in: board game - a game played on a specially designed board
   is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
   subtypes: queen - become a queen
   verb group: promote - 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
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 (synset 201082628)
   referred to in: chess, chess game - a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king
   is a type of: play - use or move
   subtypes: queen - promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess
   verb group: promote - be changed for a superior chess or checker piece

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