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English to English verb
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contribute to the progress or growth of |  | Example: I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom
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give a promotion to or assign to a higher position | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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make publicity for; try to sell (a product) | | Example: The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model
The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops
source: wordnet30
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be changed for a superior chess or checker piece | | source: wordnet30
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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 | | source: wordnet30
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To contribute to the growth, enlargement, or prosperity of (any process or thing that is in course); to forward; to further; to encourage; to advance; to excite; as, to promote learning; to promote disorder; to promote a business venture. | | source: webster1913
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To urge on or incite another, as to strife; also, to inform against a person. | | source: webster1913
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