noun
Meaning 1
An advancement in rank or position.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- I'll have to give myself a promotion!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: demotion
Standard Lemma guide
promotion
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /pɹəˈməʊʃn̩/
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General-American: /pɹəˈmoʊʃn̩/
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rhymes with -əʊʃən
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CMU ARPABET: P R AH0 M OW1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: P ER0 M OW1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Dissemination of information in order to increase its popularity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- the promotion of the idea of global warming in schools
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An event intended to increase the reach or image of a product or brand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, marketing
Examples
- The price cut is serving as a promotion of the manufacturer's new beverage varieties.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Transformation of a pawn into a piece (by reaching the opponent's back rank).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: board-games, chess, games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Forward motion. (Contrast remotion.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences, zoology
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
act of raising in rank or position
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: demotion
Broader terms: change
Narrower terms: ennoblement, preferment, investment, investiture
noun
Meaning 7
the advancement of some enterprise
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his experience in marketing resulted in the forwarding of his career
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: forwarding, furtherance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: advancement, progress
noun
Meaning 8
a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the packaging of new ideas
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: publicity, promotional material, packaging
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: message, content, subject matter, substance
Narrower terms: buildup, public relations, PR, endorsement, indorsement, blurb, ballyhoo, hoopla, hype, plug, sales talk, sales pitch, pitch, ad, advertisement, advertizement, advertising, advertizing, advert, sales promotion
noun
Meaning 9
encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: furtherance, advancement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: encouragement
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh1- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh1éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin prōmoveō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Late Latin prōmotiōder. Old French promocionbor. Middle English English promotion Late Middle English, from Old French promocion, from Late Latin prōmotiō, from Latin prōmoveō (“to move forward”). Equivalent to promote + -ion.
Across languages
Translations
143 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: تَرْقِيَة (tarqiya) — advancement in position
- Arabic: تَرْفِيع (tarfīʕ) — advancement in position
- Azerbaijani: irəliləyiş — advancement in position
- Belarusian: павышэ́нне (pavyšénnje) — advancement in position
- Bulgarian: повише́ние (povišénie) — advancement in position
- Catalan: ascens — advancement in position
- Catalan: promoció — advancement in position
- Chinese Mandarin: 提升 (tíshēng) — advancement in position
- Chinese Mandarin: 升官 (shēngguān) — advancement in position
- Chinese Mandarin: 升職 /升职 (shēngzhí) — advancement in position
- Chinese Mandarin: 晉職 /晋职 (jìnzhí) — advancement in position
- Czech: povýšení — advancement in position
- Danish: forfremmelse — advancement in position
- Danish: oprykning — advancement in position
- Dutch: promotie — advancement in position
- Dutch: bevordering — advancement in position
- Esperanto: promocio — advancement in position
- Finnish: ylennys — advancement in position
- French: promotion — advancement in position
- Georgian: დაწინაურება (dac̣inaureba) — advancement in position
- German: Beförderung — advancement in position
- German: Aufstieg — advancement in position
- German: Höherversetzung — advancement in position
- Greek: προαγωγή (proagogí) — advancement in position
- Hebrew: קידום (kidúm) — advancement in position
- Hindi: पदोन्नति (padonnati) — advancement in position
- Hindi: तरक़्क़ी (taraqqī) — advancement in position
- Hungarian: előléptetés — advancement in position
- Indonesian: kenaikan pangkat — advancement in position
- Indonesian: promosi — advancement in position
- Irish: ardú céime — advancement in position
- Irish: ardú — advancement in position
- Italian: promozione — advancement in position
- Italian: miglioramento — advancement in position
- Italian: progresso — advancement in position
- Japanese: 昇進 (shōshin) — advancement in position
- Japanese: 進級 (shinkyū) — advancement in position
- Korean: 승진 (seungjin) — advancement in position
- Korean: 진급 (jin'geup) — advancement in position
- Macedonian: унапредување (unapreduvanje) — advancement in position
- Malay: kenaikan pangkat — advancement in position
- Marathi: बढती (baḍhtī) — advancement in position
- Nepali: पदोन्नति (padonnati) — advancement in position
- Norwegian Bokmål: forfremmelse — advancement in position
- Polish: awans — advancement in position
- Portuguese: promoção — advancement in position
- Romanian: promovare — advancement in position
- Romanian: avansare — advancement in position
- Russian: продвиже́ние (prodvižénije) — advancement in position
- Russian: повыше́ние (povyšénije) — advancement in position
- Scottish Gaelic: àrdachadh — advancement in position
- Slovak: povýšenie — advancement in position
- Slovene: povišanje — advancement in position
- Spanish: ascenso — advancement in position
- Spanish: promoción — advancement in position
- Swedish: befordran — advancement in position
- Telugu: పదోన్నతి (padōnnati) — advancement in position
- Thai: การเลื่อนตําแหน่ง — advancement in position
- Turkish: terfi — advancement in position
- Ukrainian: просува́ння (prosuvánnja) — advancement in position
- Ukrainian: підви́щення (pidvýščennja) — advancement in position
- Arabic: تَرْوِيج (tarwīj) — dissemination of positive information
- Azerbaijani: irəliləyiş — dissemination of positive information
- Belarusian: пасо́ўванне (pasówvannje) — dissemination of positive information
- Belarusian: рэкла́ма (rekláma) — dissemination of positive information
- Bulgarian: насърча́ване (nasǎrčávane) — dissemination of positive information
- Bulgarian: стимули́ране (stimulírane) — dissemination of positive information
- Chinese Mandarin: 推廣 /推广 (tuīguǎng) — dissemination of positive information
- Chinese Mandarin: 廣告 /广告 (guǎnggào) — dissemination of positive information
- Chinese Mandarin: 宣傳 /宣传 (xuānchuán) — dissemination of positive information
- Chinese Mandarin: 促銷 /促销 (cùxiāo) — dissemination of positive information
- Czech: propagace — dissemination of positive information
- Czech: reklama — dissemination of positive information
- Danish: reklame — dissemination of positive information
- Danish: støtte — dissemination of positive information
- Dutch: promotie — dissemination of positive information
- Finnish: promootio — dissemination of positive information
- Finnish: promo — dissemination of positive information
- French: promotion — dissemination of positive information
- German: Förderung — dissemination of positive information
- German: Werbung — dissemination of positive information
- German: Bewerbung — dissemination of positive information
- Hebrew: קידום (kidúm) — dissemination of positive information
- Hindi: प्रचार (pracār) — dissemination of positive information
- Hindi: बढ़ावा (baṛhāvā) — dissemination of positive information
- Hungarian: promóció — dissemination of positive information
- Indonesian: promosi — dissemination of positive information
- Italian: propaganda — dissemination of positive information
- Italian: pubblicità — dissemination of positive information
- Japanese: プロモーション (puromōshon) — dissemination of positive information
- Japanese: 宣伝 (senden) — dissemination of positive information
- Korean: 판촉 (panchok) — dissemination of positive information
- Korean: 프로모션 (peuromosyeon) — dissemination of positive information
- Macedonian: промо́ција (promócija) — dissemination of positive information
- Macedonian: рекла́ма (rekláma) — dissemination of positive information
- Malay: promosi — dissemination of positive information
- Marathi: जाहिरात (jāhirāt) — dissemination of positive information
- Persian: ترویج (tarvij) — dissemination of positive information
- Polish: promocja — dissemination of positive information
- Portuguese: divulgação — dissemination of positive information
- Portuguese: promoção — dissemination of positive information
- Portuguese: publicidade — dissemination of positive information
- Romanian: promoțiune — dissemination of positive information
- Russian: продвиже́ние (prodvižénije) — dissemination of positive information
- Russian: реклами́рование (reklamírovanije) — dissemination of positive information
- Russian: промо́ушен (promóušen) — dissemination of positive information
- Russian: рекла́ма (rekláma) — dissemination of positive information
- Russian: стимули́рование (stimulírovanije) — dissemination of positive information
- Serbo-Croatian: про̀мо̄ција — dissemination of positive information
- Serbo-Croatian: pròmōcija — dissemination of positive information
- Slovak: podpora — dissemination of positive information
- Slovak: propagácia — dissemination of positive information
- Slovak: reklama — dissemination of positive information
- Slovene: promocija — dissemination of positive information
- Spanish: promoción — dissemination of positive information
- Spanish: divulgación — dissemination of positive information
- Spanish: propagación — dissemination of positive information
- Turkish: promosyon — dissemination of positive information
- Ukrainian: просува́ння (prosuvánnja) — dissemination of positive information
- Ukrainian: рекла́ма (rekláma) — dissemination of positive information
- Bulgarian: промо́ция (promócija) — event intended to increase the reach or image of a product or brand
- Finnish: myynninedistämistapahtuma — event intended to increase the reach or image of a product or brand
- Finnish: mainostapahtuma — event intended to increase the reach or image of a product or brand
- French: promotion — event intended to increase the reach or image of a product or brand
- German: Werbung — event intended to increase the reach or image of a product or brand
- German: Bewerbung — event intended to increase the reach or image of a product or brand
- German: Werbeaktion — event intended to increase the reach or image of a product or brand
- Hebrew: קידום (kidúm) — event intended to increase the reach or image of a product or brand
- Hindi: बढ़ावा (baṛhāvā) — event intended to increase the reach or image of a product or brand
- Indonesian: promosi — event intended to increase the reach or image of a product or brand
- Romanian: promoție — event intended to increase the reach or image of a product or brand
- Spanish: promoción — event intended to increase the reach or image of a product or brand
- Arabic: تَرْقِيَة (tarqiya) — (chess) transformation of a pawn
- Bulgarian: произве́ждане (proizvéždane) — (chess) transformation of a pawn
- Finnish: korotus — (chess) transformation of a pawn
- German: Umwandlung — (chess) transformation of a pawn
- German: Bauernumwandlung — (chess) transformation of a pawn
- Hebrew: הכתרה (hakhtará) — (chess) transformation of a pawn
- Hindi: उतारना (utārnā) — (chess) transformation of a pawn
- Indonesian: promosi — (chess) transformation of a pawn
- Romanian: promovare — (chess) transformation of a pawn
- Swedish: bondeförvandling — (chess) transformation of a pawn
- Swedish: promovering — (chess) transformation of a pawn
Real reading context