promote English · revision 4500

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1387|origins=la promovere}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /prəˈməʊt/, US /prəˈmoʊt/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|promoten]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) [[bor|fro|promoter]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) and directly [[der|la|prōmōtus]], past participle of prōmovēre “to move forward, advance”,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) from prō “forward” and movēre “to move”,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(NODE 1998) from [[ine-pro|*mewh₁-|alt=*meue-|t=to push away]].^(Etymonline) It is related to [[move]], [[motion]] and [[motive]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To advance a person to a higher rank or position: 1387 in the OED,^(OED 1989) before 1387 in Barnhart, in Trevisa's translation of Higden's Polychronicon.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ To further the growth or progress of anything is from before 1400 in Barnhart^(Barnhart 1988) and the early 15th century in Etymonline,^(Etymonline) 1515 in the OED.^(OED 1989) In late Middle and early Modern English the form promove, directly from the Latin verb, was also used, but it became obsolete in the 1600s.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) To support the passing of a law is from 1721.^(OED 1989) In chess, to raise a pawn to a piece is from 1803,^(OED 1989) and in football to move a team into a higher division from 1924.^(OED 1989) To publicize a product is a later sense.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023) ''Promoter'' is from 1384,^(Barnhart 1988) and ''promotion'' from before 1400.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1384 – ''promoter''.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1387 – to raise in rank.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * a. 1400 – to further.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1721 – to support a law.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1803 – in chess.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1924 – in sport.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To raise to a higher [[rank]] or position.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To help the progress or growth of; to [[encourage]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To publicize or try to sell a product, or to organize and finance an event.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To urge the adoption of; to advocate.^(AHD)

+ # ''(sport)'' To move a team up to a higher division.^(OED 1989)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[promotability]]

+ * [[promotable]]

+ * [[promoter]]

+ * [[promotive]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[move]]

+ * [[motion]]

+ * [[motive]]

+ * [[promotion]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}