ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsPpromote
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promote
Meaning: to support, encourage, or help grow
promote in a sentence
How promote is used in real sentences:
The poster will promote the school play.
The campaign used short videos to promote safer biking habits.
“Yet the office also wanted to promote trust through open meetings and published results.”
— from the passage Lines Under Review
Synonyms for promote
Other words for promote — encourage, support and advance — carry the same meaning.
- encourage
- support
- advance
Antonyms of promote
Words that mean the opposite of promote:
- discourage
- oppose
- hinder
Where it comes from
From Latin promovere, meaning 'to move forward.'
Word parts
- mov/mot/mob — move
promote: pro- (forward) + mot (move)
Memory hook
Promote moves an idea forward.