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promotion
What does promotion mean?
promotion (noun): an advancement in rank or position.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use promotion in a sentence?
- We deserve a promotion. (Tatoeba sentence #13806339 by tieguy, CC BY 2.0 FR)
Where does promotion come from?
Late Middle English, from Old French promocion, from Late Latin prōmotiō, from Latin prōmoveō (“to move forward”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to promotion
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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an advancement in rank or position
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any interconnected group or system
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a device to measure mass or weight
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more than half (50%) of some group
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