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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
promote
1. contribute to the progress or growth of (Freq. 31)
- I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom
• Syn:
advance, boost, further, encourage
• Derivationally related forms:
encouragement (for: encourage), furtherance (for: further), booster (for: boost), boost (for: boost), advance (for: advance), promotive, promotion
• Hypernyms:
support, back up
• Hyponyms:
connive at, wink at, foster, further, spur,
help, carry, feed, contribute, lead, conduce
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
2. give a promotion to or assign to a higher position (Freq. 5)
- 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
• Syn:
upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate
• Ant:
demote
• Derivationally related forms:
elevation (for: elevate), advancement (for: advance), promotion
• Hypernyms:
delegate, designate, depute, assign
• Hyponyms:
tenure, bring up, spot promote, ennoble, gentle,
entitle, prefer, favor, favour, brevet
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. make publicity for;
try to sell (a product) (Freq. 2)
- The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model
- The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops
• Syn:
advertise, advertize, push
• Derivationally related forms:
promoter, promotion, advertizement (for: advertize), advertizer (for: advertize), advertisement (for: advertise), advertiser (for: advertise), advertising (for: advertise)
• Hypernyms:
praise
• Hyponyms:
propagandize, propagandise, plug, bill, crusade,
fight, press, campaign, push, agitate
• Verb Group:
crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Sam and Sue promote the movie
4. be changed for a superior chess or checker piece
• Topics:
board game
• Hypernyms:
change
• Hyponyms:
queen
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
5. 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
• Topics:
chess, chess game
• Hypernyms:
play
• Hyponyms:
queen
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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