Promote suggests an encouraging or fostering and may denote an increase in status or rank. See examples of promote used in a sentence. Each year, promote michigan compiles a list of tourism and hospitality related businesses celebrating milestones like a 5th, 15th, 50th, 100th (or more) anniversary.
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. [verb noun] we actively promote.
Promoted him to full professor. Promote means to advance, support, or encourage the growth, development, or success of someone or something. If you work for a marketing firm, your job is to promote new products — to publicize them and to try to get the public to buy them.
The verb promote can also mean to advance to a higher position.