1. promotion(n = noun.communication) packaging, promotional material, publicity - a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution; "the packaging of new ideas"
is a kind of content, message, subject matter, substance
is a part of marketing
has particulars: buildup, pr, public relations, blurb, endorsement, indorsement, ballyhoo, hoopla, hype, plug, pitch, sales pitch, sales talk, ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement, advertizing, sales promotion
Derived form verb promote3
2. promotion(n = noun.act) - act of raising in rank or position;
is a kind of change
has particulars: ennoblement, preferment, investiture, investment
Antonym: demotion
Derived form verb promote2
3. promotion(n = noun.communication) advancement, furtherance - encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something;
is a kind of encouragement
Derived form verb promote1
4. promotion(n = noun.act) forwarding, furtherance - the advancement of some enterprise; "his experience in marketing resulted in the forwarding of his career"
is a kind of advancement, progress
Derived form verb promote1
The act of promoting, advancing, or encouraging; the act of exalting in rank or honor; also, the condition of being advanced, encouraged, or exalted in honor; preferment. Milton. [1913 Webster]
"Promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south." [1913 Webster]
N improvement, amelioration, melioration, betterment, mend, amendment, emendation, mending, advancement, advance, ascent, promotion, preferment, elevation, increase, cultivation, civilization, culture, march of intellect, menticulture, race-culture, eugenics, reform, reformation, revision, radical reform, second thoughts, correction, limoe labor, refinement, elaboration, purification, oxidation, repair, recovery, revise, new edition, reformer, radical, improving, progressive, improved, better, better off, better for, all the better for, better advised, reformatory, emendatory, reparatory, remedial, corrigible, improvable, accultural, on consideration, on reconsideration, on second thoughts, on better advice, ad melius inquirendum, urbent latericiam invenit marmoream reliquit.
N aid, aidance, assistance, help, opitulation, succor, support, lift, advance, furtherance, promotion, coadjuvancy, patronage, championship, countenance, favor, interest, advocacy, sustentation, subvention, alimentation, nutrition, nourishment, eutrophy, manna in the wilderness, food, means, ministry, ministration, subministration, accommodation, relief, rescue, help at a dead lift, supernatural aid, deus ex machina, supplies, reinforcements, reenforcements, succors, contingents, recruits, support, adjunct, ally, aiding, auxiliary, adjuvant, helpful, coadjuvant, subservient, ministrant, ancillary, accessory, subsidiary, at one's beck, at one's beck and call, friendly, amicable, favorable, propitious, well-disposed, neighborly, obliging, with the aid, by the aid of, on behalf of, in behalf of, in aid of, in the service of, in the name of, in favor of, in furtherance of, on account of, for the sake of, on the part of, non obstante, Int, help!, save us!, to the rescue!, alterum alterius auxilio eget, God befriend us as our cause is just, at your service.