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- [pruh-moh-shuh n]
- /prəˈmoʊ ʃən/
- /prəˈməʊʃn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pruh-moh-shuh n]
- /prəˈmoʊ ʃən/
Definitions of promotion word
- noun promotion advancement in rank or position. 1
- noun promotion furtherance or encouragement. 1
- noun promotion the act of promoting. 1
- noun promotion the state of being promoted. 1
- noun promotion something devised to publicize or advertise a product, cause, institution, etc., as a brochure, free sample, poster, television or radio commercial, or personal appearance. 1
- noun promotion Also called queening. Chess. the replacement of a pawn that has reached the enemy's first rank by a more powerful piece of the same color, usually a queen. 1
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Origin of promotion
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English < Late Latin prōmōtiōn- (stem of prōmōtiō). See promote, -ion
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Parts of speech for Promotion
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
promotion popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for promotion
noun promotion
- advancement — Advancement is progress in your job or in your social position.
- advertisement — An advertisement is an announcement in a newspaper, on television, or on a poster about something such as a product, event, or job.
- advertising — Advertising is the activity of creating advertisements and making sure people see them.
- advocacy — Someone's advocacy of a particular action or plan is their act of recommending it publicly.
- agitprop — Agitprop is the use of artistic forms such as drama or posters to further political aims.
Antonyms for promotion
noun promotion
- abolition — The abolition of something such as a system or practice is its formal ending.
- arduousness — requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult: an arduous undertaking.
- arrest — If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
- bilboes — a long iron bar with two sliding shackles, formerly used to confine the ankles of a prisoner
- blank wall — an impassable barricade or obstacle; a situation in which further progress is impossible: Attempts to get information by questioning the neighbors ran into a blank wall.
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