- contribute to the progress or growth of;
"I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"
- give 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"
- make publicity for; try to sell (a product);
"The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model" "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops"
- be changed for a superior chess or checker piece
- change 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