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{
"term": "promote",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "promote",
"heSheIt": "promotes"
},
"pastSimple": "promoted",
"pastParticiple": "promoted",
"ingForm": "promoting"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to help sell a product, service, etc. or make it more popular by advertising it or offering it at a special price",
"sensetop": "promote somethingpromote something as something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The band have gone on tour to promote their new album.",
"contextForm": "promote something"
},
{
"text": "This trade fair will help businesses from Malawi to **promote** their **products**."
},
{
"text": "The area is being promoted as a tourist destination.",
"contextForm": "promote something as something"
},
{
"text": "The company's products have been promoted mainly through advertising on social media."
},
{
"text": "The new products have been very heavily promoted."
}
],
"topics": ["Business"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["aggressively", "heavily", "vigorously"],
"preposition": ["as", "through"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to help something to happen or develop",
"sensetop": "promote something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **promote democracy/peace/understanding/health**"
},
{
"text": "I applaud his efforts to promote world peace."
},
{
"text": "to **promote the development/use** of something"
},
{
"text": "policies to **promote** economic **growth**"
},
{
"text": "a campaign to **promote awareness** of environmental issues"
},
{
"text": "The exhibition was intended to **promote interest** in contemporary sculpture."
},
{
"text": "We think football can help to **promote the idea** of a multicultural and multiethnic society."
},
{
"text": "Vietnam has **actively promoted** foreign investment."
},
{
"text": "Bonus payments to staff serve to promote commitment to the company."
},
{
"text": "Human rights are strongly promoted by all our members."
},
{
"text": "The idea of equal opportunities was strongly promoted by many Labour MPs."
},
{
"text": "They claimed that the authorities had deliberately promoted and condoned the violence."
},
{
"text": "Young people's awareness of agricultural issues is promoted through publicity material."
},
{
"text": "The aim of the culture festival is to promote friendship between the two countries."
},
{
"text": "The church tries to promote racial harmony."
}
],
"synonyms": "encourage",
"topics": ["Success"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["strongly", "actively", "directly"],
"verb + promote": ["aim to", "seek to", "try to"],
"preposition": ["through"],
"phrases": [
"a campaign to promote something",
"a scheme to promote something",
"be aimed at promoting something"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to move somebody to a higher rank or more senior job",
"sensetop": "promote somebodypromote somebody to somethingpromote somebody from somethingpromote somebody from something to something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She worked hard and was soon promoted.",
"contextForm": "promote somebody"
},
{
"text": "He has been promoted to sergeant.",
"contextForm": "promote somebody to something"
},
{
"text": "He was an experienced officer who had been promoted from the ranks.",
"contextForm": "promote somebody from something"
},
{
"text": "She was promoted from finance director to chief executive.",
"contextForm": "promote somebody from something to something"
},
{
"text": "He was promoted from deputy minister to minister last year."
},
{
"text": "She was promoted to the rank of captain."
},
{
"text": "a recently promoted headteacher"
}
],
"topics": ["Jobs"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to move a sports team from playing with one group of teams to playing in a better group",
"sensetop": "promote something (from something) (to something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They were promoted to the First Division last season."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈməʊt/",
"audio": "pr/promote/promote__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈməʊts/",
"audio": "pr/promote/promotes__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈməʊtɪd/",
"audio": "pr/promote/promoted__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈməʊtɪŋ/",
"audio": "pr/promote/promoting__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈməʊt/",
"audio": "pr/promote/promote__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈməʊts/",
"audio": "pr/promote/promotes__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈməʊtɪd/",
"audio": "pr/promote/promoted__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈməʊtɪŋ/",
"audio": "pr/promote/promoting__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin promot- ‘moved forward’, from the verb promovere, from pro- ‘forward, onward’ + movere ‘to move’."
}