“promoting” is a form of
promote
UK /pɹəˈməʊt/ · US /pɹəˈmoʊt/ verb
Forms promotes promoting promoted
- verb (transitive) To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank. “He promoted his clerk to office manager.”
- verb (transitive) 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.”
- verb (transitive) To encourage, urge or incite.
- verb (sports, usually in passive form) To elevate to a higher league. “At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to the Premier League.”
- verb (transitive, chemistry) To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure.
- verb (transitive, chess) To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank. “Having crossed the chessboard, his pawn was promoted to a queen.”
- verb (intransitive, Singapore) To move on to a subsequent stage of education. “At the end of Primary 6 students can promote directly to the secondary section of SIS.”
- verb (transitive, programming) To treat (a value) as a more capable data type or as having higher priority. “to promote an int to a long”
Synonyms
dignify elevate uplift advance aggrandize ennoble exalt honor nobilitate prefer raise pitch peddle forward motivate provoke abet actuate goose fuel boost further encourage upgrade kick upstairs advertise advertize push
Antonyms
demote relegate denigrate oppose assassinate asperse backbite badmouth befoul belibel besmirch besmear
Etymology
From Latin prōmōtus, perfect passive participle of prōmoveō (“move forward, advance”).
Webster’s 1913
- verb 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. "Born to promote all truth." Milton.
- verb To exalt in station, rank, or honor; to elevate; to raise; to prefer; to advance; as, to promote an officer.
- verb To urge on or incite another, as to strife; also, to inform against a person. [Obs.]
Etymology [L. promotus, p. p. of promovere to move forward, to promote; pro forward + movere to move. See Move.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “promote”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details