Open English Wordnet
Verbs
(v)promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevategive a promotion to or assign to a higher position“John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired”,
“Women tend not to advance in the major law firms”,
“I got promoted after many years of hard work” (v)advertise, advertize, promote, pushmake publicity for; try to sell (a product)“The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model”,
“The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops” (v)promotebe changed for a superior chess or checker piece (v)promotechange a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent