different between promote vs por

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)

2. (transitive) To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.

3. (transitive) To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.

4. (transitive) To encourage, urge or incite.
5. (sports, usually in passive form) To elevate to a higher league.

6. (transitive, chemistry) To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure.
7. (transitive, chess) To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank.

8. (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

1. vocative masculine singular of pr?m?tus

Abinomn

Pronoun

por

1. you (dual)

Albanian

Etymology

From po. Alternatively from Latin porr? (“then, moreover; but”), the loss of the final -r a result of the permanent unstressed position of the conjunction.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p??]

Conjunction

por

1. but; however

Synonyms

• megjithatë, mirëpo, ama

References

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *por, from Latin pr? and per.

Preposition

por

1. for
2. by

Derived terms

Atong (India)

Etymology

From English four.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /por/

Numeral

por (Bengali script ???)

1. four

Synonyms

• byryi
• cha / char

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. Stated in Appendix 2.

Blagar

Noun

por

1. earth, world
2. land
3. island

References

• Internet Archive, The Rosetta Project, Blagar Swadesh List
• Wycliffe Bible Translators, Pura Alkitab
• Antoinette Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 163

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan paor, from Latin pavor, pav?rem, attested from the 12th century. Compare French peur, Italian paura.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?po/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?po?/

Noun

por f (plural pors)

1. fear

Derived terms

• poruc

Etymology 2

Noun

por m (plural pors)

1. Alternative form of porus (“pore”)

References

Further reading

• “por” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “por” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “por” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cornish

Noun

por f (singulative poren)

1. leeks

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?r

Verb

por

1. first-person singular present indicative of porren
2. imperative of porren

Esperanto

Etymology

From Spanish por.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /por/
• Hyphenation: por

Preposition

por

1. for, for the benefit of

See also

• per
• pro

Fala

Etymology

From Old Portuguese por, from Vulgar Latin *por, from Latin pr? (“for”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-, form of *per-.

Preposition

por

1. by

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese por, from Vulgar Latin *por, from Latin pr? (“for”) (with metathetic shift due to per), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-, form of *por-. See also porto

Preposition

por

1. Indicates motion.

   pola rúa

   down the street

   pola porta

   through the door

2. for (over a period of time)

   por dez anos

   for ten years

3. about, around (near, in the vicinity of)

   polas seis

   at about six

   por aquí

   over here

4. for (to obtain)

   Fun á tenda por xabón.

   I went to the store for soap.

5. for (in exchange for)
6. for (on behalf of)
7. (mathematics) times, by, multiplied by

8. by (indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice)
9. by, by means of
10. per

Derived terms

• polo
• por favor
• por tanto

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?por]
• Hyphenation: por
• Rhymes: -or

Noun

por (plural porok)

1. dust
2. powder
3. (with a possessive suffix) ashes (human or animal remains after cremation)

   Synonym: hamvak

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• por in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto por.

Preposition

por

1. for

Lolopo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p?o²¹]

Suffix

por

1. (Yao'an, of humans) male

See also

• bol
• mo

Norman

Etymology

From Old French porc, from Latin porcus, from Proto-Indo-European *por?- (“young swine, young pig”).

Noun

por m (plural pors)

1. (Jersey) pig

   Synonyms: bête à saie, couochon, gronneux, moussieu, quétot

Old French

Alternative forms

• pur

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *por, from Latin pr?.

Preposition

por

1. for (in order to)
2. for (belonging to)

Descendants

• Middle French: pour
  • French: pour
• Norman: pouor, pour

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin porr?.

Adverb

por

1. forwards

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese poder and Spanish poder.

Verb

por

1. can, to be able to
2. may

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?r/

Etymology 1

From Italian porro, from Latin porrum.

Noun

por m inan

1. leek

Declension

Etymology 2

From Latin porus, from Ancient Greek ????? (póros).

Noun

por m inan

1. pore

Declension

Further reading

• por in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Merger of Old Portuguese por, from Vulgar Latin *por, from Latin pr? (“for”) (with metathetic shift due to per), and Old Portuguese per, from Latin per (“through, by”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu?/, /po?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pu?/, /po?/
  • (Paulista) IPA^(key): [pu?], [pu?], [po?], [po?]
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): [po?], [po?], [pu?], [pu?]
  • Homophone: pôr (with /o/)

Preposition

por

2. for (on behalf of)

4. for (in order to obtain)

6. for (over a period of time)

8. for (indicates something given in an exchange)

10. by (through the action or presence of)

12. by (indicates the creator of a work)

14. by (using the rules or logic of)

15. (mathematics) times, by, multiplied by

17. by; in the name of (indicates an oath)

19. per; a; each (expresses the ratio of units)

21. (arithmetic) by (indicates a mathematical division)

23. through (entering and then leaving; being the medium of)

25. around; about; near (in the vicinity of)

27. around; about; approximately (close in quantity, amount or value to)

29. throughout (in various parts of)

31. for; in favour of (supporting)

33. (in the formula “X por Y”, where X is a clause and Y the infinitive of the verb in the clause, or of a synonym) for its own sake; without a motive

Usage notes

Por mandatorily contracts with definite articles in almost all circumstances:

• por + o ? pelo
• por + os ? pelos
• por + a ? pela
• por + as ? pelas

Contractions with indefinite articles and personal pronouns are uncommon and very colloquial:

• por + um ? prum
• por + uns ? pruns
• por + uma ? pruma
• por + umas ? prumas

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:por.

Synonyms

• (over a period of time): durante
• (indicates an exchange): em troca de, a troco de (especially in figurative usage)
• (using the rules or logic of): de acordo com, segundo
• (in the name of): em nome de
• (each): cada
• (through): através de, pelo meio de
• (in the vicinity of): perto de, ao redor de
• (approximately): perto de, ao redor de, mais ou menos, aproximadamente, cerca de
• (throughout): em ... inteiro
• (in favour of): a favor de

Derived terms

• porque
• por que
• porquê

Etymology 2

Verb

por

1. Obsolete spelling of pôr, now a common misspelling

Romani

Noun

por m (plural por{{{4}}})

1. feather

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French pore, Latin porus, from Ancient Greek ????? (póros, “passage”).

Noun

por m (plural pori)

1. pore

Related terms

• poros

Etymology 2

From Latin porrus or porrum.

Alternative forms

• pur

Noun

por m (plural pori)

1. (popular) leek (Allium ampeloprasum, syn. Allium porrum)
2. (popular) sand leek (Allium scorodoprasum)
3. (popular) shallot (Allium ascalonicum)

Synonyms

• (leek): praz

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin porrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pó?r/, /p??r/

Noun

p??r or p?r m inan

1. leek

Inflection

Further reading

• “por”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish por, from Vulgar Latin *por, from Latin pr? and per. Doublet of pro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po?/, [po?]

Preposition

por

2. by (indicates the creator of a work)

4. for (indicates something given in an exchange)

5. through, out, via (indicating movement)

6. across (indicating movement)

7. about
8. due to, because of, for, for the sake of, out of (to express cause or motive)

9. (used with directions) over

10. (mathematics) times, by, multiplied by

11. according to, for, regarding (to express opinion or something concerning someone)

12. via, through, by (indicating the means of something)

13. for (indicating duration)

14. for, for the sake of, on behalf of (indicating doing something for someone's benefit)

15. per, for each

16. to (indicating something that has not yet passed)

17. about to (indicating something that will soon happen)

18. compared to; against; versus (indicating a comparison)

Derived terms

See also

• para

Further reading

• “por” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Noun

por c

1. pore

Declension

Anagrams

• rop

Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian, from Proto-Indo-European *péh?wr?, also the origin of English fire, Ancient Greek ??? (pûr), and Hittite ???????????? (pa??ur). Compare Tocharian B puwar.

Noun

por

1. fire

Tok Pisin

Noun

por

1. monohull dugout canoe