promotes English
Verb
(head)
(promote)
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promote English
Verb
( promot)
To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
- He promoted his clerk to office manager.
- Having crossed the chessboard, his pawn was promoted to a queen.
To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.
- They promoted the abolition of daylight saving time.
- They promoted the new film with giant billboards.
To encourage, urge or incite
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To elevate to the above league.
- At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to the Premier League.
(label) To increase the activity of a catalyst by changing its surface structure
(label) To exchange a pawn for a queen or other piece when it reaches the 8th rank
Antonyms
* (raise rank) demote
* (advocate or urge on behalf of) denigrate, oppose
Related terms
* promotion
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provides English
Verb
(head)
(provide)
Anagrams
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provide English
Verb
( provid)
To make a living; earn money for necessities.
- It is difficult to provide for my family working on minimum wage.
To act to prepare for something.
To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate.
- The contract provides that the work be well done.
- I'll lend you the money, provided that you pay it back by Monday.
To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
- Don't bother bringing equipment, as we will provide it.
- We aim to provide the local community with more green spaces.
To furnish (with), cause to be present.
* Arbuthnot
- Rome was well provided with corn.
To make possible or attainable.
- He provides us with an alternative option.
* Milton
- Bring me berries, or such cooling fruit / As the kind, hospitable woods provide .
(obsolete, Latinism) To foresee.
- (Ben Jonson)
To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See provisor .
- (Prescott)
Derived terms
* provider
Related terms
* provision
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