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{
"antonyms": [
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of \"raise rank\"",
"word": "demote"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of \"raise rank\"",
"word": "relegate"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of \"advocate or urge on behalf of\"",
"word": "denigrate"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of \"advocate or urge on behalf of\"",
"word": "oppose"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "co-promote"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "cross-promote"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "promote to customer"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "promote to Glory"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "self-promote"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*pro-",
"4": "*mew-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "prōmōtus"
},
"expansion": "Latin prōmōtus",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "prōmoveō",
"3": "",
"4": "move forward, advance"
},
"expansion": "prōmoveō (“move forward, advance”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Latin prōmōtus, perfect passive participle of prōmoveō (“move forward, advance”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "promotes",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "promoting",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "promoted",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "promoted",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "promote (third-person singular simple present promotes, present participle promoting, simple past and past participle promoted)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"pro‧mote"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He promoted his clerk to office manager.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank."
],
"id": "en-promote-en-verb-en:raise_rank",
"links": [
[
"raise",
"raise"
],
[
"important",
"important"
],
[
"responsible",
"responsible"
],
[
"remunerative",
"remunerative"
],
[
"job",
"job"
],
[
"rank",
"rank"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank."
],
"senseid": [
"en:raise rank"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "raqqā",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "رَقَّى"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izdigam",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "издигам"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "povišavam",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "повишавам"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "promoure"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "ascendir"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "yue",
"english": "sing¹ le¹",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "升呢"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tíshēng",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "提升"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shēngguān",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "升官"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "povýšit"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "promotie maken"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "promoveren"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "bevorderen"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "promocii"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "edutama"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "ülendama"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "ylentää"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "promouvoir"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "promotionner"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "promover"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ac̣inaurebs",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "აწინაურებს"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "daac̣inaurebs",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "დააწინაურებს"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "befördern"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "promovieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "proothó",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "προωθώ"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "előléptet"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "ardaigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "promuovere"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"alt": "ぞうしんさせる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "zōshin saseru",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "増進させる"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jin'geupsikida",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "진급시키다"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "lư̄an",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "ເລື່ອນ"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "khb",
"lang": "Lü",
"roman": "yok",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "ᦷᦍᧅ"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "whakapiki"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "whakatairanga"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "enhauncen"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "osx",
"lang": "Old Saxon",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "frummian"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "awansować"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zaawansować"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "promover"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "povýsitʹ",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "повы́сить"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "promover"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "ascender"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "befordra"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "lʉ̂ʉan",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "เลื่อน"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "desteklemek"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidvyščyty",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "підвищити"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "thăng chức"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "lên chức"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 2 1 2 1 1 1",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "dyrchafu"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "9 29 16 14 11 8 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "They promoted the abolition of daylight saving time.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "They promoted the new film with giant billboards.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity."
],
"id": "en-promote-en-verb-NclOOTdp",
"links": [
[
"advocate",
"advocate"
],
[
"urge",
"urge"
],
[
"attempt",
"attempt"
],
[
"popularize",
"popularize"
],
[
"sell",
"sell"
],
[
"advertising",
"advertising"
],
[
"publicity",
"publicity"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "rawwaja",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "رَوَّجَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nasǎrčavam",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "насърчавам"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pooštrjavam",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "поощрявам"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "promocionar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tíchàng",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "提倡"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "propagovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "bekend maken"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "promoten"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "edendama"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "promoma"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "kannattaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "tukea"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "mainostaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "faire la promotion de..."
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "axalisebs",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "ახალისებს"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "xels uc̣q̇obs",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "ხელს უწყობს"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mxars uč̣ers",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "მხარს უჭერს"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "exmareba",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "ეხმარება"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "népszerűsít"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "cuir chun cinn"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "sostenere"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "pubblicizzare"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "diffondere"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "khb",
"lang": "Lü",
"roman": "tun²yuu²",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "ᦑᦳᧃᧉᦍᦴᧉ"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "khb",
"lang": "Lü",
"roman": "ṗhoeyṗhae¹",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "ᦵᦕᧀᦶᦕᧈ"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "khb",
"lang": "Lü",
"roman": "k̇aay¹ṡaw¹",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "ᦂᦻᧈᦉᧁᧈ"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "prg",
"lang": "Old Prussian",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "brewīntwei"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "promować"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wypromować"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "promover"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prodvínutʹ",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "продви́нуть"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "promover"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sòng-sə̌əm",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "ส่งเสริม"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prosunuty",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "просунути"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "spryjaty",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "сприяти"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "hybu"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 14 2 2 1 6",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "hyrwyddo"
}
]
},
{
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"ref": "2019 May 21, Israel Alves Corrêa Noletto, Sebastião Alves Teixeira Lopes, “Language and ideology: glossopoesis as a secondary narrative framework in Le Guin’s The dispossessed”, in Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture, volume 41, number 2, →DOI",
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"ref": "2019 May 21, Israel Alves Corrêa Noletto, Sebastião Alves Teixeira Lopes, “Language and ideology: glossopoesis as a secondary narrative framework in Le Guin’s The dispossessed”, in Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture, volume 41, number 2, →DOI",
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"word": "აწინაურებს"
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{
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{
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"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
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{
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"word": "повы́сить"
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"code": "es",
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"code": "th",
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"word": "เลื่อน"
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{
"code": "tr",
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"word": "підвищити"
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{
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank",
"word": "thăng chức"
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{
"code": "vi",
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{
"code": "cy",
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{
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tíchàng",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "提倡"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "propagovat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "bekend maken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "promoten"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "edendama"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "promoma"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "kannattaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "tukea"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "mainostaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "faire la promotion de..."
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "axalisebs",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "ახალისებს"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "xels uc̣q̇obs",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "ხელს უწყობს"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mxars uč̣ers",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "მხარს უჭერს"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "exmareba",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "ეხმარება"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "népszerűsít"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "cuir chun cinn"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "sostenere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "pubblicizzare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "diffondere"
},
{
"code": "khb",
"lang": "Lü",
"roman": "tun²yuu²",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "ᦑᦳᧃᧉᦍᦴᧉ"
},
{
"code": "khb",
"lang": "Lü",
"roman": "ṗhoeyṗhae¹",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "ᦵᦕᧀᦶᦕᧈ"
},
{
"code": "khb",
"lang": "Lü",
"roman": "k̇aay¹ṡaw¹",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "ᦂᦻᧈᦉᧁᧈ"
},
{
"code": "prg",
"lang": "Old Prussian",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "brewīntwei"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "promować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wypromować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "promover"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prodvínutʹ",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "продви́нуть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "promover"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sòng-sə̌əm",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "ส่งเสริม"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prosunuty",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "просунути"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "spryjaty",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "сприяти"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "hybu"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "advocate or urge on behalf of something",
"word": "hyrwyddo"
}
],
"word": "promote"
}
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