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src: wikipedia
- Definition
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- promote :contribute to the progress or growth of
- I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom
- promote :give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- 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
- promote :make publicity for; try to sell (a product)
- The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model|The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops
- promote :be changed for a superior chess or checker piece
- 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