Verb
1. contribute to the progress or growth of;
"I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"2. 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"3. 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"4. be changed for a superior chess or checker piece
5. change a pawn for a king by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it the row closest to your opponent