Promote - English meaning

verb

Move forwards in a purposeful way.

Usage examples:

He advanced towards the dispatch box

noun

A forward movement.

Usage examples:

The rebels' advance on madrid was well under way

adjective

Done, sent, or supplied beforehand.

Usage examples:

Advance notice

noun

A person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy.

Usage examples:

He was an untiring advocate of economic reform

verb

Publicly recommend or support.

Usage examples:

Voters supported candidates who advocated an assembly

verb

To speak in support of an idea or course of action

Usage examples:

[ t ] some people advocate teaching to the test., [ i ] the organization advocates for human rights…

verb

Increase the power, status, or wealth of.

Usage examples:

An action intended to aggrandize the frankish dynasty

verb

To make someone more powerful or important

noun

Help, typically of a practical nature.

Usage examples:

He saw the pilot slumped in his cockpit and went to his aid

verb

Help or support (someone or something) in the achievement of something.

Usage examples:

Women were aided in childbirth by midwives

abbreviation

Artificial insemination by donor.

verb

Help (someone), typically by doing a share of the work.

Usage examples:

A senior academic would assist him in his work

noun

An act of giving help, typically by providing money.

Usage examples:

The budget must have an assist from tax policies

noun

The rear surface of the human body from the shoulders to the hips.

Usage examples:

He lay on his back

adverb

In the opposite direction from the one that one is facing or travelling towards.

Usage examples:

He moved back a pace

verb

Give financial, material, or moral support to.

Usage examples:

He had a newspaper empire backing him

verb

Help or encourage (something) to increase or improve.

Usage examples:

A range of measures to boost tourism

noun

A source of help or encouragement leading to increase or improvement.

Usage examples:

The cut in interest rates will give a further boost to the economy

noun

A person who has surpassed all rivals in a sporting contest or other competition.

Usage examples:

A champion hurdler

verb

Vigorously support or defend the cause of.

Usage examples:

He championed the rights of the working class and the poor

adjective

Excellent.

Usage examples:

‘thank ye, lad,’ the farmer said. ‘that's champion.’

verb

Grow or cause to grow and become more mature, advanced, or elaborate.

Usage examples:

Motion pictures were to develop into mass entertainment

verb

Progress or evolve through a process of natural growth

verb

To grow or cause to grow or change into a more advanced form

Usage examples:

[ t ] this exercise will help develop the shoulder and back muscles (= it will make them stronger).…

verb

Raise or lift (something) to a higher position.

Usage examples:

The exercise will naturally elevate your chest and head

verb

Raise from a lower to a higher position

verb

To give someone a higher or more important position

Usage examples:

He was elevated to the chairmanship of the house armed services committee., they hoped to elevate t…

verb

Give support, confidence, or hope to (someone).

Usage examples:

We were encouraged by the success of this venture

verb

To make someone more likely to do something, or to make something more likely to happen

Usage examples:

[ t + to infinitive ] we were encouraged to learn foreign languages at school., the council is enco…

verb

To talk or behave in a way that gives someone confidence to do something

Usage examples:

Encourage someone in something they've always encouraged me in everything i've wanted to do.

verb

Declare one's public approval or support of.

Usage examples:

The report was endorsed by the college

noun

Give support or one's approval to

verb

To make a public statement of your approval or support for something or someone

Usage examples:

We’re not endorsing tax increases., my wife has publicly endorsed lunny for city council., he endor…

adverb

In the direction that one is facing or travelling; towards the front.

Usage examples:

He started up the engine and the car moved forward

adjective

Directed or facing towards the front or the direction that one is facing or travelling.

Usage examples:

Forward flight

noun

An attacking player in football, hockey, or other sports.

Usage examples:

Hockey should follow suit with special coaches for goalkeepers, defenders, halfbacks and forwards.

verb

Encourage the development of (something, especially something desirable).

Usage examples:

The teacher's task is to foster learning

combining form

Denoting someone that has a specified family connection through fostering.

Usage examples:

Foster-parent

adverb

At, to, or by a greater distance (used to indicate the extent to which one thing or person is or becomes distant from another).

Usage examples:

For some time i had wanted to move further from london

adjective

More distant in space than something else of the same kind.

Usage examples:

Two men were standing at the further end of the clearing

verb

Help the progress or development of (something); promote.

Usage examples:

He had depended on using them to further his own career

verb

Make it easier or possible for (someone) to do something by offering one's services or resources.

Usage examples:

They helped her with domestic chores

noun

The action of helping someone to do something.

Usage examples:

I asked for help from my neighbours

exclamation

Used as an appeal for urgent assistance.

Usage examples:

Help! i'm drowning!

verb

Care for and protect (someone or something) while they are growing.

Usage examples:

Jarrett was nurtured by his parents in a close-knit family

noun

The action or process of nurturing someone or something.

Usage examples:

The nurture of children

verb

Like (one thing or person) better than another or others; tend to choose.

Usage examples:

I prefer venice to rome

verb

To choose or want one thing rather than another

Usage examples:

[ t ] we have tea and coffee, but perhaps you’d prefer a cold drink., [ t ] he prefers watching bas…

verb

Convert or attempt to convert (someone) from one religion, belief, or opinion to another.

Usage examples:

The programme did have a tremendous evangelical effect, proselytizing many

verb

To try to persuade someone to change his or her religious beliefs, political party, etc., to your own

Usage examples:

[ i ] missionaries were sent to proselytize in rural areas of the country.

verb

Lift or move to a higher position or level.

Usage examples:

She raised both arms above her head

noun

An increase in salary.

Usage examples:

He wants a raise and some perks

verb

Move upwards

verb

Put forward (someone or something) with approval as being suitable for a particular purpose or role.

Usage examples:

George had recommended some local architects

verb

Express a good opinion of

verb

To suggest that someone or something would be good or suitable for a particular job or purpose, or to suggest that a particular action should be done

Usage examples:

Can you recommend a hotel in san francisco?, [ + that clause ] i recommend that you go on a diet.

noun

A person or organization that pays for or contributes to the costs involved in staging a sporting or artistic event in return for advertising.

Usage examples:

The production cost £50,000, most coming from local sponsors

verb

Provide funds for (a project or activity or the person carrying it out).

Usage examples:

Joe is being sponsored by a government training scheme

verb

To support a person, organization, or activity by giving money, encouragement, or other help

Usage examples:

The rotary club sponsors little league baseball in the summer., corporate sponsors support many pub…

verb

Raise levels of physiological or nervous activity in (the body or any biological system).

Usage examples:

The women are given fertility drugs to stimulate their ovaries

verb

To encourage something to grow, develop, or become active

Usage examples:

Tax cuts will stimulate the economy., read books to stimulate your child’s imagination., some veget…

verb

To encourage something to grow, develop, or become active

Usage examples:

The government plans to cut taxes in order to stimulate the economy., stimulate growth/investment/t…

verb

Bear all or part of the weight of; hold up.

Usage examples:

The dome was supported by a hundred white columns

noun

A thing that bears the weight of something or keeps it upright.

Usage examples:

The best support for a camera is a tripod

verb

The act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

verb

Raise (something) to a higher standard, in particular improve (equipment or machinery) by adding or replacing components.

Usage examples:

The cost of upgrading each workstation is around £300

noun

An act of upgrading something.

Usage examples:

A room upgrade from a twin to a duplex suite

verb

To improve the quality or usefulness of something, or to raise something or someone to a higher position or rank

Usage examples:

If you want to raise rents, you have to upgrade the housing first., they’re spending more than $4 m…

verb

Try earnestly or persistently to persuade (someone) to do something.

Usage examples:

He urged her to come and stay with us

noun

A strong desire or impulse.

Usage examples:

He felt the urge to giggle

verb

To encourage someone strongly to do something or to ask that something be done

Usage examples:

Party leaders urged her to run for congress., a human/natural urge, sometimes i get an urge to go s…