promoted Definition

promote
verb promoted, promoting

1a. To raise someone to a more senior position;
1b. sport, especially football.
To transfer (a team) to a higher division or league.Compare relegate (sense 2).
2. To contribute to something.

Example: Exercise promotes health
3. To work for the cause of something.

Example: promote peace
Thesaurus: advance, endorse, support, back, boost, popularize, lobby for, champion, espouse, push, nurture, recommend, assist, aid, help; Antonym: demote, disparage, obstruct.
4. To publicize; to try to boost the sales of (a product) by advertising.

Thesaurus: endorse, hype (slang), plug (slang).
5. To organize or finance (an undertaking).
6. chess.
To upgrade (a pawn that has reached the opponent's side of the board) to a higher rank.

Derivative: promotion
noun

The act of aiding or advancing a cause.
Thesaurus: advancement, furtherance, boosting, support, improvement, development, elevation, cultivation.

The act or process of publicizing a product.
Thesaurus: publicity, advertising, hype (slang), plugging (slang); campaign, fanfare, propaganda, lobbying, ballyhoo (slang), trumpeting.

Derivative: promotional
adj

Etymology: 14c: from Latin promovere, promotum to make something advance.