| query | If people p______ something, they help or encourage it to happen, increase, or spread .If people promote something, they help or encourage it to happen, increase, or spread . You don't have to sacrifice environmental protection to promote economic growth. We actively promote the use of alternative transport methods. The government has pledged to give the promotion of democracy higher priority. ...disease prevention and health promotion. |
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| word | promote |
| full-definition | verb If people promote something, they help or encourage it to happen, increase, or spread . You don't have to sacrifice environmental protection to promote economic growth. We actively promote the use of alternative transport methods. The government has pledged to give the promotion of democracy higher priority. ...disease prevention and health promotion. If a firm promotes a product, it tries to increase the sales or popularity of that product. The singer has announced a full British tour to promote his second solo album. ...a special St Lucia week where the island could be promoted as a tourist destination. If someone is promoted, they are given a more important job or rank in the organization that they work for. I was promoted to editor and then editorial director. In fact, those people have been promoted. If a team that competes in a league is promoted, it starts competing in a higher division in the next season because it was one of the most successful teams in the lower division. They won the Second Division title and were promoted to the First Division. Fans have been celebrating their team's promotion to the First Division. |
| inflections | promotespromotingpromotedpromotionpromotion |
| cefr-level | B1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b1
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