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PROMOTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Act of raising in rank or position
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("promotion" is a kind of...):
change (the action of changing something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "promotion"):
ennoblement (the act of raising someone to the nobility)
preferment (the act of preferring)
investiture; investment (the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank)
Antonym:
demotion (act of lowering in rank or position)
Derivation:
promote (give a promotion to or assign to a higher position)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The advancement of some enterprise
Example:
his experience in marketing resulted in the forwarding of his career
Synonyms:
forwarding; furtherance; promotion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("promotion" is a kind of...):
advancement; progress (gradual improvement or growth or development)
Derivation:
promote (contribute to the progress or growth of)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution
Example:
the packaging of new ideas
Synonyms:
packaging; promo; promotion; promotional material; publicity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("promotion" is a kind of...):
content; message; subject matter; substance (what a communication that is about something is about)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "promotion"):
buildup (highly favorable publicity and praise)
PR; public relations (a promotion intended to create goodwill for a person or institution)
blurb; endorsement; indorsement (a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books))
ballyhoo; hoopla; hype; plug (blatant or sensational promotion)
pitch; sales pitch; sales talk (promotion by means of an argument and demonstration)
ad; advert; advertisement; advertising; advertizement; advertizing (a public promotion of some product or service)
sales promotion (promotion that supplements or coordinates advertising)
Holonyms ("promotion" is a part of...):
marketing (the commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service)
Derivation:
promote (make publicity for; try to sell (a product))
Sense 4
Meaning:
Encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something
Synonyms:
advancement; furtherance; promotion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("promotion" is a kind of...):
encouragement (the expression of approval and support)
Derivation:
promote (contribute to the progress or growth of)
Context examples:
Chemopreventive agent may work at different stages and may inhibit the initiation, promotion, transformation, and/or progression of the malignant process.
(Chemopreventive Agent, NCI Thesaurus)
This protein is involved in both the promotion of apoptosis and the activation of nuclear factor-kappa-B signaling.
(B-Cell Lymphoma/Leukemia 10, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes protein LYRIC, plays a role in transcriptional regulation, promotion of tumor cell anchorage-independent growth and metastasis.
(MTDH wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes BCL2/adenovirus E1B 19-kDa protein-interacting protein 3-like protein, plays a role in the promotion of apoptosis and may be involved in tumor suppression.
(BNIP3L wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein epsilon, plays a role in transcriptional promotion.
(CEBPE wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This protein plays a role in the promotion of DNA replication.
(Origin Recognition Complex Subunit 3, NCI Thesaurus)
Dysregulation of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway is frequently found in solid tumors and results in the promotion of tumor cell growth, survival, and resistance to both chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
(PI3K-beta Inhibitor GSK2636771, NCI Thesaurus)
I have the infinite satisfaction of congratulating you on your brother's promotion.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
The old captain spoke of the promotions by Parliamentary interest which had put many a youngster into the captain’s cabin when he should have been in the gun-room.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And we could hear him adding to himself, “Cap'n, is it? My heart, and here's promotion!”
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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