promotion
See also: Promotion
English
Etymology
From Old French promocion, from Latin promotio.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /pɹəˈmoʊʃən/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹəˈməʊʃən/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊʃən
- Hyphenation: pro‧mo‧tion
Noun
promotion (countable and uncountable, plural promotions)
- An advancement in rank or position.
- I'll have to give myself a promotion!
- Antonym: demotion
- Dissemination of information in order to increase its popularity.
- the promotion of the idea of global warming in schools
- (marketing) An event intended to increase the reach or image of a product or brand.
- The price cut is serving as a promotion of the manufacturer's new beverage varieties.
- (zoology, chiefly entomology) Forward motion. (Contrast remotion.)
- 1995, Cladocera as Model Organisms in Biology →ISBN, page 63:
- By simple promotion and remotion, assisted by some flexure and extension, the distal spines of each would reach and scratch the substratum and, on remotion, sweep coarse particles posteriorly and dorsally.
- 2008, John L. Capinera, Encyclopedia of Entomology →ISBN, volume 4, page 3326:
- In other arthropods, promotion-remotion of the leg is accomplished at other joints. For example, in spiders promotion-remotion occurs at the coxa-trochanter joint, insects utilize the body-coxa joint, and […]
- 1995, Cladocera as Model Organisms in Biology →ISBN, page 63:
Derived terms
Related terms
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<a href='/wiki/commotion' title='commotion'>commotion</a>
<a href='/wiki/demote' title='demote'>demote</a>
<a href='/wiki/emote' title='emote'>emote</a>
<a href='/wiki/emoter' title='emoter'>emoter</a>
<a href='/wiki/emoticon' title='emoticon'>emoticon</a>
<a href='/wiki/emotion' title='emotion'>emotion</a>
<a href='/wiki/emotionable' title='emotionable'>emotionable</a>
<a href='/wiki/emotional' title='emotional'>emotional</a>
<a href='/wiki/immovable' title='immovable'>immovable</a>
<a href='/wiki/locomote' title='locomote'>locomote</a>
<a href='/wiki/locomotion' title='locomotion'>locomotion</a>
<a href='/wiki/locomotive' title='locomotive'>locomotive</a>
<a href='/wiki/mobile' title='mobile'>mobile</a>
<a href='/wiki/mobility' title='mobility'>mobility</a>
<a href='/wiki/mobilization' title='mobilization'>mobilization</a>
<a href='/wiki/mobilize' title='mobilize'>mobilize</a>
<a href='/wiki/motile' title='motile'>motile</a>
<a href='/wiki/motility' title='motility'>motility</a>
<a href='/wiki/motion' title='motion'>motion</a>
<a href='/wiki/motionless' title='motionless'>motionless</a>
<a href='/wiki/motive' title='motive'>motive</a>
<a href='/wiki/motor' title='motor'>motor</a>
<a href='/wiki/movability' title='movability'>movability</a>
<a href='/wiki/movable' title='movable'>movable</a>
<a href='/wiki/movableness' title='movableness'>movableness</a>
<a href='/wiki/movably' title='movably'>movably</a>
<a href='/wiki/movant' title='movant'>movant</a>
<a href='/wiki/move' title='move'>move</a>
<a href='/wiki/moveless' title='moveless'>moveless</a>
<a href='/wiki/movelessly' title='movelessly'>movelessly</a>
<a href='/wiki/movelessness' title='movelessness'>movelessness</a>
<a href='/wiki/movement' title='movement'>movement</a>
<a href='/wiki/movent' title='movent'>movent</a>
<a href='/wiki/mover' title='mover'>mover</a>
<a href='/wiki/movie' title='movie'>movie</a>
<a href='/wiki/moving' title='moving'>moving</a>
<a href='/wiki/movingly' title='movingly'>movingly</a>
<a href='/wiki/movingness' title='movingness'>movingness</a>
<a href='/wiki/overemote' title='overemote'>overemote</a>
<a href='/wiki/premotion' title='premotion'>premotion</a>
<a href='/wiki/promote' title='promote'>promote</a>
<a href='/wiki/promotion' title='promotion'>promotion</a>
<a href='/wiki/promotional' title='promotional'>promotional</a>
<a href='/wiki/remote' title='remote'>remote</a>
<a href='/wiki/remoteness' title='remoteness'>remoteness</a>
<a href='/wiki/removable' title='removable'>removable</a>
<a href='/wiki/removal' title='removal'>removal</a>
<a href='/wiki/removalist' title='removalist'>removalist</a>
<a href='/wiki/remove' title='remove'>remove</a>
<a href='/wiki/remover' title='remover'>remover</a>
<a href='/wiki/unmovable' title='unmovable'>unmovable</a>
<a href='/wiki/unmoveable' title='unmoveable'>unmoveable</a>
Translations
advancement in position
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dissemination of positive information
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French
Alternative forms
- promo (advertising; discount; year group)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prōmōtiō, from prōmoveō (whence French promouvoir).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɔ.mɔ.sjɔ̃/
audio (file)
Noun
promotion f (plural promotions)
- promotion (career advancement)
- promotion, advertising
- Ils seront là demain pour faire la promotion de leur dernier album.
- special offer, discount, special, sale
- Les pantalons sont en promotion, profitez-en !
- Synonym: promo
- school year, year group
- Je fais partie de la promotion 2010-2011, et toi ?
- Synonym: promo
Derived terms
Further reading
- “promotion” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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