[{"word":"promoted","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He promoted his clerk to office manager."},{"definition":"To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"They promoted the abolition of daylight saving time."},{"definition":"To encourage, urge or incite.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(usually in passive form) To elevate to a higher league.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to the Premier League."},{"definition":"To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Having crossed the chessboard, his pawn was promoted to a queen."},{"definition":"To move on to a subsequent stage of education.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"At the end of Primary 6 students can promote directly to the secondary section of SIS."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":["denigrate","oppose","demote","relegate"]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/promote","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/promoted"]}]