English Vocabulary: to be promoted. Today we celebrate the fact that our local football club, Alaves has been promoted to First Division! ¡Aupa Alaves! Click here to read more about Vitoria-Gasteiz’s Alaves team, but before you do that, let’s take a look at the different meanings of promote. Also, check out the collocations used with promote.
TO BE PROMOTED
- to raise someone to a more important position
- Usually someone is promoted to something
- John has just been promoted to the head of his department, so we are having a party for him.
- If the team wins the next game, then they will be promoted to 2nd Division.
TO PROMOTE
- to encourage people to like and/or buy a product
- Kristen is promoting a new line of cosmetics, so you should buy from her.
- If you really want to promote your product well, you should talk to an advertising company.
- To encourage people to like and support an idea.
- The world leaders really need to promote the idea of taking care of the planet or else there will never be real change.
- They promote peace talks between the two countries.
COLLOCATIONS WITH PROMOTE
- adverbs that collocate with promote
- actively, positively, widely
- We are actively promoting English classes, so sign up today.
- aggressively, heavily,
- I’m not sure I agree with such aggressive promoting, but I see that it is effective.
- effectively, successfully
- The company is successfully promoting the product nationally and plans to go international.
- actively, positively, widely
- nouns that collocate with promote
- access, diversity, equality, human rights, awareness
- I do all I can to promote diversity and inclusion at work and at home.
- efficiency, innovation, education,
- If the government really wants to promote innovation, they need to provide more grant money to start up businesses.
- business, growth, development
- The new mayor says she want to promote growth, so she is presenting a new bill.
- competition, debate, dialogue, trade
- If we don’t promote dialogue and debate, then we will never grow as a country.
- access, diversity, equality, human rights, awareness
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