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promote
English
Etymology
From Latin pr?m?tus, perfect passive participle of pr?move? (“move forward, advance”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /p???mo?t/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p???m??t/
- Rhymes: -??t
- Hyphenation: pro?mote
Verb
promote (third-person singular simple present promotes, present participle promoting, simple past and past participle promoted)
- (transitive) To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
- (transitive) To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.
- (transitive) To encourage, urge or incite.
- (sports, usually in passive form) To elevate to a higher league.
- (transitive, chemistry) To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure.
- (transitive, chess) To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank.
- (intransitive, Singapore) To move on to a subsequent stage of education.
Antonyms
- (raise rank): demote, relegate
- (advocate or urge on behalf of): denigrate, oppose
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- protome, temporo-, topomer
Latin
Participle
pr?m?te
- vocative masculine singular of pr?m?tus
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establish
English
Etymology
From Middle English establissen, from Old French establiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of establir, (Modern French établir), from Latin stabili?, stabil?re, from stabilis (“firm, steady, stable”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??stæb.l??/
- Hyphenation: es?tab?lish
Verb
establish (third-person singular simple present establishes, present participle establishing, simple past and past participle established)
- (transitive) To make stable or firm; to confirm.
- (transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
- , Genesis 6:18
- But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
- , Genesis 6:18
- (transitive) To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
- (transitive) To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to establish a fact; to demonstrate.
Derived terms
- established church
- establishing shot
- long-established
- re-establish
Related terms
- stable
Translations
References
- establish in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- establish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
establish From the web:
- what established judicial review
- what established the supreme court
- what established the federal court system
- what established the federal reserve system
- what established a government
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- what established the fdic
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