Definitions for promotion

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promotion pro·mo·tion

Spelling: [pruh-moh-shuh n]

IPA: /prəˈmoʊ ʃən/

Promotion is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 257 anagrams from letters in promotion (imnoooprt).

Definitions for promotion

noun

1. advancement in rank or position.
2. furtherance or encouragement.
3. the act of promoting.
4. the state of being promoted.
5. something devised to publicize or advertise a product, cause, institution, etc., as a brochure, free sample, poster, television or radio commercial, or personal appearance.
6. Also called queening. Chess. the replacement of a pawn that has reached the enemy's first rank by a more powerful piece of the same color, usually a queen.

Origin of promotion

1400-50; late Middle English Late Latin prōmōtiōn- (stem of prōmōtiō). See promote, -ion

Examples for promotion

It would have alarmed his superiors, and done away with his chances of promotion.

The CDC too, has been emphatic in their promotion of the technique.

Charter schools, rejecting the tenet of promotion through seniority, promised to do better.

They have experimented with new products and have invested millions into aggressive marketing and promotion.

He was not in the line of promotion, and probably left the navy at the peace.

The culture of promotion through seniority kills creativity and effectiveness.

The authorities here have recommended him for promotion to the rank of Major.

To do as you advise would be to change all the rules set down for promotion.

All his promotion had come from trying to excel in his routine work.

Landon Wilson, a U.S. Navy cryptologic technician, returned from Afghanistan in 2013 to a promotion for good work.