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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)
promote
/pɹəˈməʊt/
verb
to try to encourage the popularity and sales of a product
- “She has been promoted twice since she joined this company.”Tatoeba
- “The apartment served as a show house to promote the project.”Tatoeba
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)