The meaning of Promotion

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

The process of promoting a cause or plan.

Usage examples:

Their lives were devoted to the advancement of science

noun

An improvement relating to a particular activity or area of knowledge

Usage examples:

The president's speech to the conference centered on the advancement of alternative fuel sources as…

noun

The activity or profession of producing advertisements for commercial products or services.

Usage examples:

An advertising agency

verb

Describe or draw attention to (a product, service, or event) in a public medium in order to promote sales or attendance.

Usage examples:

A billboard advertising beer

noun

The business of drawing attention to goods and services

noun

Public support for or recommendation of a particular cause or policy.

Usage examples:

His outspoken advocacy of the agreement has won no friends

noun

Public support of an idea, plan, or way of doing something

Usage examples:

An advocacy group/organization he got a reminder from the business advocacy group that he should be…

noun

An increase in power or importance

Usage examples:

He gives a lot of money to charity, but personal aggrandizement is his motive., we believe she is m…

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.

noun

The action of helping someone by sharing work.

Usage examples:

The work was completed with the assistance of carpenters

noun

Help, especially money or resources that are given to people, countries, etc. when they have experienced a difficult situation

Usage examples:

Need/seek assistance the minister revealed that the banking industry needed assistance from the tax…

noun

Help or support.

Usage examples:

The foreign secretary won the backing of opposition parties

verb

Give financial, material, or moral support to.

Usage examples:

He had a newspaper empire backing him

noun

Support or help

Usage examples:

If i go ahead with this project, can i count on your backing?

noun

Extravagant publicity or fuss.

Usage examples:

After all the ballyhoo, the film was a flop

verb

Praise or publicize extravagantly.

Usage examples:

Each company ballyhoos its product as though it were the most outstanding in all creation

noun

A lot of noise and activity, often with no real purpose

Usage examples:

I can't see what all this ballyhoo is about.

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 push from below.

Usage examples:

This time, ian gave me a boost up, and i was climbing.

noun

A member of an indigenous people of vietnam and cambodia, who formed an independent kingdom from the 2nd to 17th centuries ad.

Usage examples:

Eighty-four per cent of the population are ethnic vietnamese, 2 per cent ethnic chinese, and the re…

adjective

Relating to the cham, their culture, or their language.

Usage examples:

Words in the cham language contain up to three syllables.

noun

The process of developing or being developed.

Usage examples:

She traces the development of the novel

noun

The process of growing or changing and becoming more advanced

Usage examples:

[ u ] a good diet and lots of exercise are essential for a child’s healthy growth and development.,…

noun

Growth or changes that make something become more advanced

Usage examples:

The first year of the plan is primarily focused on organizational development., he was recruited to…

noun

The action or fact of raising or being raised to a higher or more important level, state, or position.

Usage examples:

Her sudden elevation to the cabinet

noun

Height above the surface of the earth, or an area that is higher than the surrounding land

Usage examples:

[ c ] at higher elevations, the air is colder.

noun

The action of giving someone support, confidence, or hope.

Usage examples:

Thank you for all your support and encouragement

noun

Words or behaviour that give someone confidence to do something

Usage examples:

Children need lots of encouragement from their parents., i could never have achieved this without t…

noun

The action of endorsing someone or something.

Usage examples:

The issue of full independence received overwhelming endorsement

noun

The act of making a public statement of your support for something or someone

Usage examples:

[ u ] both candidates have been seeking the union’s endorsement., [ c ] some athletes get contracts…

noun

A statement made by someone in an advertisement, especially a well-known person, saying that they use and like a particular product

Usage examples:

The company is considering other marketing tactics like celebrity endorsement and using cartoon cha…

verb

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

Usage examples:

The teacher's task is to foster learning

verb

Present participle of foster

Usage examples:

Would you consider fostering (a child)?, i'm trying to foster an interest in classical music in my …

noun

The advancement of a scheme or interest.

Usage examples:

The court held that the union's acts were not in furtherance of a trade dispute

verb

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

Usage examples:

He had depended on using them to further his own career

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

adverb

Over a greater expanse of space or time; for a longer way.

Usage examples:

We had walked further than i realized

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!

noun

Extravagant or intensive publicity or promotion.

Usage examples:

His first album hit the stores amid a storm of hype

verb

Promote or publicize (a product or idea) intensively, often exaggerating its benefits.

Usage examples:

An industry quick to hype its products

verb

Stimulate or excite (someone).

Usage examples:

I was hyped up because i wanted to do well

noun

The action or business of promoting and selling products or services, including market research and advertising.

Usage examples:

The western arts of marketing and distribution

verb

Advertise or promote (something).

Usage examples:

The product was marketed under the name ‘aspirin’

noun

The commercial processes in promoting and selling something

verb

Block or fill in (a hole or cavity).

Usage examples:

Trucks arrived loaded with gravel to plug the hole and clear the road

noun

A piece of solid material fitting tightly into a hole and blocking it up.

Usage examples:

Somewhere in the pipes there is a plug of ice blocking the flow

noun

A device for making an electrical connection between an appliance and the mains, consisting of an insulated casing with metal pins that fit into holes in a socket.

Usage examples:

The cable is fitted with a two-pin plug

noun

Promotion or appointment to a position or office.

Usage examples:

After ordination, preferment was fast

noun

A mixture containing flour, liquid, and natural or commercial yeast that is allowed to ferment for some time before being combined with fresh dough to make bread.

Usage examples:

I have been very pleased with the loaves i have made using a pre-ferment

noun

The process by which someone receives a more important job, position, etc.

Usage examples:

Not only does he bring the wisdom and good sense of years to his job, he is old enough not to be lo…

noun

Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.

Usage examples:

He was charged with distributing enemy propaganda

noun

Information or ideas that are spread by an organized group or government to influence people’s opinions, esp. by not giving all the facts or by secretly emphasizing only one way of looking at the facts

noun

Information, ideas, opinions, or images that give one part of an argument, which are broadcast, published, etc. in order to influence people's opinions

Usage examples:

A propaganda campaign/tool/exercise the report is just a political propaganda tool., anti-governmen…

noun

Notice or attention given to someone or something by the media.

Usage examples:

The case attracted wide publicity in the press

noun

The activity of making certain that someone or something attracts a lot of interest or attention from many people, or the attention received as a result of this activity

Usage examples:

The publicity surrounding the case made jury selection difficult., his speech attracted a lot of pu…

noun

The attention that a person, product, or organization receives from newspapers, television, etc. when something happens that people are interested in

Usage examples:

Get/receive/seek publicity the book didn't get much publicity when it was published., attract/avoid…

noun

A short, explosive burst of breath or wind.

Usage examples:

A puff of wind swung the weathercock round

verb

Breathe in repeated short gasps.

Usage examples:

Exercises that make you puff

noun

Exaggerated or false praise.

Usage examples:

His puffery actually was not far from the truth

noun

The act of praising someone or something too much in a way that is not sincere

Usage examples:

It's usually easy to tell the difference between sales puffery and fact., his book avoids academic …

noun

A suggestion or proposal as to the best course of action, especially one put forward by an authoritative body.

Usage examples:

The committee put forward forty recommendations for change

verb

Give or hand over (something) in exchange for money.

Usage examples:

They had sold the car

noun

An act of selling or attempting to sell something.

Usage examples:

Every other television commercial is a sell for australian lager

noun

A disappointment, typically one arising from being deceived as to the merits of something.

Usage examples:

Actually, hawaii's a bit of a sell—not a patch on corfu

noun

Encouragement of something to make it develop or become more active.

Usage examples:

The stimulation of a revolution in intelligence affairs

noun

An action or thing that causes someone or something to become more active or enthusiastic, or to develop or operate

Usage examples:

While she was at home looking after her children, she felt deprived of intellectual stimulation., e…

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…

noun

The action of urging someone to do something.

Usage examples:

She bought a new one at gregory's urging

verb

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

Usage examples:

He urged her to come and stay with us

noun

The act of strongly advising or encouraging someone to do a particular thing

Usage examples:

With their dad's urging, the girls started playing tennis at a young age., it was only because of m…