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promotion

/pɹəˈmoʊʃn̩/noun3 syllables

Promotion means: a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution.

Synonyms for promotion7

noun, as in a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution

promo, publicity, promotional material, packaging

noun, as in encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something

furtherance, advancement

noun, as in the advancement of some enterprise

forwarding, furtherance

Opposites of promotion

demotion

What does promotion mean?4

noun

1

a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution“the packaging of new ideas”

2

encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something

3

the advancement of some enterprise“his experience in marketing resulted in the forwarding of his career”

4

act of raising in rank or position

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with promotion?8

three syllables

emotiondevotioncommotion
Show 40 near rhymes
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Promotion in a sentence

  • You're the next in line for promotion, aren't you?CK
  • I would have gotten the promotion, but my attendance wasn’t good enough.Just_Balls
  • No matter how capable you are, you're not going to get a promotion.CM
  • Science and art must contribute to the promotion of human welfare.shekitten
  • His lack of technical knowledge precluded him from promotion.unknown
  • How about giving me a promotion from just-a-friend to boyfriend?CM
  • His selfishness got in the way of his promotion.voxbubnya
  • The scandal was an obstacle to his promotion.CM

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of promotion

as a noun

plural
promotions