word-vault/dist/data/cards/pr/promotion.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "promotion",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a move to a more important job or rank in a company or an organization",
            "sensetop": "promotion to something",
            "labels": "(British English)(British English)(North American English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(both especially British English)(especially North American English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The new job is a promotion for him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her promotion to Sales Manager took everyone by surprise.",
                    "contextForm": "promotion to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a job with excellent **promotion prospects**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "If I can't get promotion soon, I'll look for another job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She felt she had little chance of promotion in her job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company encourages internal promotion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "her promotion from assistant to associate professor"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We congratulate Richard on his well-deserved promotion."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Jobs"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["rapid", "internal"],
                "verb + promotion": ["earn", "gain", "get"],
                "promotion + noun": ["opportunities", "prospects", "race"],
                "preposition": ["promotion from", "promotion to"],
                "phrases": ["chance of promotion", "chances of promotion"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a move by a sports team from playing in one group of teams to playing in a better group",
            "sensetop": "promotion (to something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the team’s promotion to the First Division"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The team's chances of promotion took a knock when they lost at home."
                },
                {
                    "text": "With three matches remaining, there are six teams in the promotion race."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["rapid", "internal"],
                "verb + promotion": ["earn", "gain", "get"],
                "promotion + noun": ["opportunities", "prospects", "race"],
                "preposition": ["promotion from", "promotion to"],
                "phrases": ["chance of promotion", "chances of promotion"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "activities done in order to increase the sales of a product or service; a set of advertisements for a particular product or service",
            "labels": "(especially British English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her job is mainly concerned with sales and promotion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are doing a special promotion of French cheeses."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We're doing a major book promotion at key bookshops this week."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Business", "Shopping"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["special", "marketing", "sales"],
                "verb + promotion": ["do"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "activity that encourages people to believe in the value or importance of something, or that helps something to succeed",
            "sensetop": "promotion of something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a society for the promotion of religious tolerance"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The new health promotion clinic will provide free check-ups."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈməʊʃn/",
                "audio": "pr/promotion/promotion__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈməʊʃn/",
                "audio": "pr/promotion/promotion__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in senses (1) and (2)): via Old French from Latin promotio(n-), from promovere ‘move forward’, from pro- ‘forward, onward’ + movere ‘to move’."
}