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to promote

to promote

182 2.9
Give someone a higher job or rank
  • verb
  • /prəˈmoʊt/
translation icon : ascender a
  • She offered me her old job, now that she's been promoted.
  • promoted to a position
  • hire or promote
  • promoted to general

And then with that, Don got promoted to a Cubby Rider.

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Examples

  • While they were in Spain, Paul was promoted to associate professor with tenure at Penn.

    Academic text (1999)

  • I just got promoted.

    The Lost City (2005)

  • The agency wanted to promote him.

    The Bricklayer (2023)

  • In the same year, William Lord was promoted to be Bishop of London.

  • And then when the sports editor left, they promoted me to sports editor.

    Club Shay Shay

  • There are standards that pupils need to meet to be promoted from one grade level to the next.

    Academic text (2011)

  • You're making decisions about who to promote and who to fire.

  • Over time, they were gradually promoted and moved up the corporate ladder.

    Academic text (2012)

  • You were a junior copywriter, but you were promoted to full copywriter in 5 short months.

    Picture Perfect (1997)

  • After years of hard work, she was finally promoted to manager of the sales team.

Synonyms

to advance
vsto promote
417 3.4

To help something move forward or become better

refers specifically to assigning a higher rank or position in an organization
to elevate
vsto promote
  • Formal
52 4.4

To give someone a higher job or rank

is the general organizational act of raising rank or position
to move up
vsto promote
43 3.2

Get a better job or higher position at work

is specifically about giving a higher position within an organization
to raise
vsto promote
38 2.7

To move someone to a higher job or rank

is the organizational action of giving a higher position or rank
to upgrade
vsto promote
23 3.6

To give someone a higher job or rank

is the basic action of assigning someone to a higher role
to exalt
vsto promote
  • Formal
21 7.2

To raise someone to a higher position or praise them strongly

focuses on changing rank or role rather than praising or honoring
to bring up
vsto promote
3 3.3

Move someone to a higher job or rank

is the organizational act of giving a higher position regardless of origin
to spot promote
vsto promote
  • US
8.1

To give someone a higher job immediately without following normal steps

is the general promotion action without the immediate bypass feature
to kick upstairs
vsto promote
  • Informal
7.9

Promote someone to a higher job to move them out of a key role

is the straightforward action of giving higher rank without removal motive

Antonyms

to demote
37 5.6

To move someone to a lower job or rank because they did not do well

Phrasal Verbs

to spot promote
  • US
8.1

To give someone a higher job immediately without following normal steps

How Senior

fast track
19 3.9
to promote
182 2.9
to advance
417 3.4
to retain
236 3.4
to demote
37 5.6

Surface Forms

promote infinitive
promoted past
promoted past participle
promoting present participle
promotes third person singular

Morphology

promote = pro + mot

The elements are Latin combining forms (pro- + mot-) rather than productive modern English morphemes, so knowing 'pro' does not let a learner derive the meaning of 'promote'.

Etymology

Promote comes from pro- ('forward') and movere ('to move'), so to promote someone is to move them forward to a higher job or rank, like climbing a ladder at work.