Word Meanings - PROMOVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To move forward; to advance; to promote. Bp. Fell.
Related words: (words related to PROMOVE)
- ADVANCE
supposed LL. abantiare; ab + ante before. The spelling 1. To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on. 2. To raise; to elevate. They . . . advanced their eyelids. Shak. 3. To raise to a higher rank; to promote. Ahasueres - FORWARDLY
Eagerly; hastily; obtrusively. - ADVANCED
1. In the van or front. 2. In the front or before others, as regards progress or ideas; as, advanced opinions, advanced thinkers. 3. Far on in life or time. A gentleman advanced in years, with a hard experience written in his wrinkles. Hawthorne. - PROMOTE
1. To contribute to the growth, enlargement, or prosperity of (any process or thing that is in course); to forward; to further; to encourage; to advance; to excite; as, to promote learning; to promote disorder; to promote a business venture. "Born - PROMOTER
1. One who, or that which, forwards, advances, or promotes; an encourager; as, a promoter of charity or philosophy. Boyle. 2. Specifically, one who sets on foot, and takes the preliminary steps in, a scheme for the organization of a corporation, - FORWARD
An agreement; a covenant; a promise. Tell us a tale anon, as forward is. Chaucer. - FORWARDNESS
The quality of being forward; cheerful readiness; promtness; as, the forwardness of Christians in propagating the gospel. 2. An advanced stage of progress or of preparation; advancement; as, his measures were in great forwardness. Robertson. 3. - FORWARDER
One employed in forwarding. (more info) 1. One who forwards or promotes; a promoter. Udall. 2. One who sends forward anything; one who transmits goods; a forwarding merchant. - FORWARDING
The process of putting a book into its cover, and making it ready for the finisher. (more info) 1. The act of one who forwards; the act or occupation of transmitting merchandise or other property for others. - FORWARD; FORWARDS
Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; in advance; progressively; -- opposed to backward. (more info) -weardes; akin to G. vorwärts. The s is properly a genitive ending. - ADVANCER
1. One who advances; a promoter. 2. A second branch of a buck's antler. Howell. - ADVANCEMENT
Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution. 4. Settlement on a wife, or jointure. Bacon. (more info) 1. The act of advancing, or the state of being advanced; progression; improvement; furtherance; - FORWARDS
See FORWARD - OVERFORWARD
Forward to excess; too forward. -- O"ver*for"ward*ness, n. - STRAIGHTFORWARD
Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank. -- adv. - DISADVANCE
To draw back, or cause to draw back. Spenser. - HENCEFORWARD
From this time forward; henceforth. - THENCEFORWARD
From that time onward; thenceforth. - READVANCE
To advance again.