Promotion — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

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

act of raising in rank or position

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pɹəmˈoʊʃən/

🇬🇧British English

/pɹəmˈəʊʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pɹəmˈəʊʃən/

3 syllables Say it as /pɹəmˈoʊʃən/.

Examples

the packaging of new ideas
his experience in marketing resulted in the forwarding of his career

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

furtherance forwarding promotional material packaging advancement publicity

Antonyms

demotion

Parts of Speech

noun	a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution “the packaging of new ideas”
noun	act of raising in rank or position
noun	encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something
noun	the advancement of some enterprise “his experience in marketing resulted in the forwarding of his career”

Word Forms

promote	verb	make publicity for; try to sell (a product)
further	verb	promote the growth of
advance	verb	give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Förderung

eine Nachricht, die im Namen eines Produkts, einer Sache, einer Idee, einer Person oder Institution herausgegeben wird

🇪🇸Spanish

promoción

un mensaje emitido en nombre de algún producto o causa o idea o persona o institución

🇮🇹Italian

promozione

un messaggio emesso a favore di qualche prodotto, causa, idea, persona o istituzione

🇳🇱Dutch

bevordering

een bericht uitgegeven namens een product, doel, idee, persoon of instelling

🇵🇹Portuguese

promoção

uma mensagem emitida em nome de algum produto ou causa ou ideia ou pessoa ou instituição

🇷🇺Russian

повышение

сообщение, выпущенное от имени какого-либо продукта, дела, идеи, человека или учреждения

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पदोन्नति

किसी उत्पाद या उद्देश्य या विचार या व्यक्ति या संस्था की ओर से जारी किया गया संदेश

🇧🇩Bengali

প্রচার

কিছু পণ্য বা কারণ বা ধারণা বা ব্যক্তি বা প্রতিষ্ঠানের পক্ষে জারি করা একটি বার্তা

🇮🇳Tamil

பதவி உயர்வு

சில தயாரிப்பு அல்லது காரணம் அல்லது யோசனை அல்லது நபர் அல்லது நிறுவனம் சார்பாக வெளியிடப்பட்ட செய்தி

🇮🇳Telugu

ప్రమోషన్

ఏదైనా ఉత్పత్తి లేదా కారణం లేదా ఆలోచన లేదా వ్యక్తి లేదా సంస్థ తరపున జారీ చేయబడిన సందేశం

🇮🇳Marathi

जाहिरात

काही उत्पादन किंवा कारण किंवा कल्पना किंवा व्यक्ती किंवा संस्थेच्या वतीने जारी केलेला संदेश

🇮🇳Gujarati

પ્રમોશન

અમુક ઉત્પાદન અથવા કારણ અથવા વિચાર અથવા વ્યક્તિ અથવા સંસ્થા વતી જારી કરાયેલ સંદેશ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪ್ರಚಾರ

ಕೆಲವು ಉತ್ಪನ್ನ ಅಥವಾ ಕಾರಣ ಅಥವಾ ಕಲ್ಪನೆ ಅಥವಾ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ ಅಥವಾ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯ ಪರವಾಗಿ ನೀಡಲಾದ ಸಂದೇಶ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പ്രമോഷൻ

ചില ഉൽപ്പന്നത്തിനോ കാരണത്തിനോ ആശയത്തിനോ വ്യക്തിക്കോ സ്ഥാപനത്തിനോ വേണ്ടി നൽകിയ സന്ദേശം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਤਰੱਕੀ

ਕਿਸੇ ਉਤਪਾਦ ਜਾਂ ਕਾਰਨ ਜਾਂ ਵਿਚਾਰ ਜਾਂ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਜਾਂ ਸੰਸਥਾ ਦੀ ਤਰਫੋਂ ਜਾਰੀ ਕੀਤਾ ਸੰਦੇਸ਼

🇵🇰Urdu

فروغ

کسی پروڈکٹ یا وجہ یا خیال یا شخص یا ادارے کی جانب سے جاری کردہ پیغام

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

晋升

代表某些产品、事业、想法、个人或机构发出的消息

🇯🇵Japanese

プロモーション

何らかの製品、理念、アイデア、個人、団体を代表して発行されるメッセージ

🇰🇷Korean

홍보

어떤 제품, 원인, 아이디어, 사람, 기관을 대신하여 발행된 메시지

🇻🇳Vietnamese

khuyến mãi

một thông điệp được đưa ra thay mặt cho một số sản phẩm hoặc nguyên nhân hoặc ý tưởng hoặc cá nhân hoặc tổ chức

🇹🇭Thai

การส่งเสริม

ข้อความที่ออกในนามของผลิตภัณฑ์หรือสาเหตุหรือความคิดหรือบุคคลหรือสถาบันบางอย่าง

🇮🇩Indonesian

promosi

pesan yang dikeluarkan atas nama beberapa produk atau tujuan atau ide atau orang atau institusi

🇵🇭Filipino

promosyon

isang mensaheng inilabas sa ngalan ng ilang produkto o dahilan o ideya o tao o institusyon

🇲🇾Malay

kenaikan pangkat

mesej yang dikeluarkan bagi pihak sesuatu produk atau sebab atau idea atau orang atau institusi

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

ترقية

رسالة صادرة نيابة عن منتج أو قضية أو فكرة أو شخص أو مؤسسة

🇮🇷Persian

ارتقاء

پیامی که از طرف یک محصول یا علت یا ایده یا شخص یا موسسه صادر شده است

🇹🇷Turkish

terfi

bir ürün, amaç, fikir, kişi veya kurum adına yayınlanan bir mesaj

🇮🇱Hebrew

קידום

הודעה שהונפקה בשם מוצר או מטרה או רעיון או אדם או מוסד כלשהו

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The primary meaning of 'promotion' is 'a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution'.

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Using 'promotion' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'promotion' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

'promotion' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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