Dictionary Definition
promotion
Noun
1 a message issued in behalf of some product or
cause or idea or person or institution [syn: publicity, promotional
material, packaging]
2 act of raising in rank or position [ant:
demotion]
3 encouragement of the progress or growth or
acceptance of something [syn: furtherance, advancement]
4 the advancement of some enterprise; "his
experience in marketing resulted in the forwarding of his career"
[syn: forwarding,
furtherance]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊʃən
Etymology
From promotion.Noun
Derived terms
Translations
advancing in position
- Czech: povýšení
- Danish: forfremmelse; in sports: oprykning
- Finnish: ylennys
- French: promotion
- German: Beförderung
- Japanese: 昇進 (shōsin)
- Telugu: పదోన్నతి (padOnnati)
dissemination of information
French
Etymology
From promotionemPronunciation
Noun
fr-noun fExtensive Definition
Promotion may mean:
promotion in German: Promotion
promotion in Spanish: Promoción
promotion in French: Promotion
promotion in Italian: Promozione
(disambigua)
promotion in Dutch: Promotie
promotion in Japanese: プロモーション
promotion in Polish: Promocja
promotion in Slovenian: Promocija
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Great Leap Forward, abetting, acknowledgment, advance, advancement, advancing, advertisement, advertising, advocacy, advocating, affiche, aiding, amelioration, amendment, appreciation, ascent, assisting, backing, ballyhoo, bettering, betterment, bill, billboard, blurb, boost, boosting, broadside, brochure, bruiting, buildup, career, championing, circular, commendation, consumer
preference study, consumer research, consumer survey, course, cultivation, developing, development, direct-mail
selling, drumbeating, elevation, encouragement, enhancement, enrichment, espousal, eugenics, euthenics, exaltation, expediting, expedition, facilitation, fanfare, flack, flier, flyer, forward motion, forwardal, forwarding, fostering, furtherance, furthering, go-ahead, good
word, hand-out, handbill, hard sell, hawking, headway, helping, helping along,
high-pressure salesmanship, hoarding, honorable mention,
huckstering,
hype, improvement, improving, inspiration, inspiriting, jobbing, leaflet, lift, low-pressure salesmanship,
mail-order selling, march,
market research, marketing, marketing research,
melioration,
mend, mending, merchandising, nurturing, ongoing, onward course, passage, peddling, pickup, placard, plug, plugging, poster, preference, preferential
treatment, preferment, presentation,
press-agentry, progress, progression, progressiveness,
promoting, propaganda, public relations,
publicity, publicization, publicizing, puff, puffery, recognition, recommendation, recovery, restoration, retailing, revival, rise, rolling, rolling on, rushing, sales campaign, sales
promotion, salesmanship, sanction, sanctioning, selling, sellout, soft sell, space, special treatment, speeding, stimulating, stimulation, strengthening, support, travel, upbeat, upgrade, upgrading, uplift, upping, upswing, uptrend, upward mobility,
way, wholesaling