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Promoting

/pɹəˈməʊtɪŋ/

To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.

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📖 Definitions of "Promoting"

verb

1
To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
"He promoted his clerk to office manager."
2
To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.
"They promoted the abolition of daylight saving time."
3
To encourage, urge or incite.
4
(usually in passive form) To elevate to a higher league.
"At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to the Premier League."

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Promoting"

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Word	Definition
kick upstairsverb	(transitive, informal, idiomatic) To promote (an employee considered troublesome) to a position of lesser influence, but of apparently higher status.
advanceverb	To help the progress of (something); to further.
elevateverb	(transitive) To raise (something) to a higher position.
raiseverb	(physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
furtherverb	(transitive) To encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote.
boostverb	(transitive, by extension) To help or encourage (something) to increase or improve; to assist in overcoming obstacles.
upgradeverb	(transitive) To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more components.
pushverb	(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
encourageverb	To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
advertizeverb	(archaic, now nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) Alternative spelling of advertise. [(transitive) To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly.]
acceleratingnoun	An act of acceleration.
achievingnoun	An achievement; the process of achieving something.
advanced	At or close to the state of the art.
advancementnoun	The act of advancing; promotion to a higher place or dignity
advancingnoun	The act of proceeding forward; an advance.
advertisingnoun	Communication whose purpose is to influence potential customers about products and services.
advocacynoun	The act of arguing in favour of, or supporting someone or something.
advocateverb	A person who speaks in support of something, or someone; proponent
advocatingverb	(transitive) To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.
arguingnoun	argument