promotion

B1 Topic:Work & Careers

US /pɹəˈmoʊʃn̩/ UK /pɹəˈməʊʃn̩/ See IPA manual

Freq #4308

Meanings

1

noun
A move to a more important job or higher rank.

He was delighted to get a promotion at work.
2

noun
Activities to advertise a product, brand, or idea.

The store is offering discounts as part of a special promotion.
3

noun
The act of helping something grow or succeed.

The charity works for the promotion of human rights.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 noun · activities to advertise a... publicitypromotional material

3 noun · the act of helping... advancement furtherance

Word family

Forms promotions

Derived forms antipromotioncopromotioncross-promotionmispromotionnonpromotionoverpromotionphytopromotionpostpromotionprepromotionpromotionalrepromotionself-promotion

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Old French promocion, from Late Latin prōmotiō, from Latin prōmoveō (“to move forward”). Equivalent to promote + -ion.

*m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European promocion Old French prōmotiō la-lat prōmoveō Latin

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Topics

Work & Careers

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# promotion

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /pɹəˈmoʊʃn̩/
**IPA (UK):** /pɹəˈməʊʃn̩/
**Frequency rank:** 4308

## Meanings
1. A move to a more important job or higher rank.
2. Activities to advertise a product, brand, or idea.
3. The act of helping something grow or succeed.

## Examples
- He was delighted to get a promotion at work.
- The store is offering discounts as part of a special promotion.
- The charity works for the promotion of human rights.

## Derived Forms
- antipromotion
- copromotion
- cross-promotion
- mispromotion
- nonpromotion
- overpromotion
- phytopromotion
- postpromotion
- prepromotion
- promotional
- repromotion
- self-promotion

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *m(y)ewh₁-
- Root: promocion
- Root: prōmotiō
- Root: prōmoveō

## Etymology
Late Middle English, from Old French promocion, from Late Latin prōmotiō, from Latin prōmoveō (“to move forward”). Equivalent to promote + -ion.

## AI Etymology
Promotion: Late Middle English, from Old French promocion, from Late Latin prōmotiō, from Latin prōmoveō (“to move forward”). Equivalent to promote + -ion. The historical chain includes *m(y)ewh₁- (Proto-Indo-European), promocion (Old French), prōmotiō (la-lat), prōmoveō (Latin). In present-day English it covers a move to a more important job or higher rank, activities to advertise a product, brand, or idea, and the act of helping something grow or succeed. The wider family includes derived forms such as antipromotion, copromotion, cross-promotion, mispromotion, nonpromotion.

## Topics
- Work & Careers

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