Definitions for Promotion
prəˈmoʊ ʃənpro·mo·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. promotion, publicity, promotional material, packagingnoun

   a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution

   "the packaging of new ideas"

2. promotionnoun

   act of raising in rank or position

3. promotion, furtherance, advancementnoun

   encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something

4. forwarding, furtherance, promotionnoun

   the advancement of some enterprise

   "his experience in marketing resulted in the forwarding of his career"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. promotionnoun

   An advancement in rank or position.

2. promotionnoun

   Dissemination of information about a product, product line, brand, or company.

3. Etymology: From promotion.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Promotionnoun

   Advancement; encouragement; exaltation to some new honour or rank; preferment.

   Etymology: promotion, Fr. from promote.

   Many fair promotions
   Are daily given to enoble those,
   That scarce, some two days since, were worth a noble. Sha.

   The high promotion of his grace of Canterbury,
   Who holds his state at door ’mongst pursuivants. William Shakespeare.

   My rising is thy fall,
   And my promotion will be thy destruction. John Milton.

   Thou youngest virgin-daughter of the skies,
   Made in the last promotion of the blest;
   Whose palms, new pluck’d from paradise,
   In spreading branches more sublimely rise. Dryden.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. promotion

   Promotion refers to an action or strategy designed to increase awareness, interest, or the perceived value of a product, service, brand, event, or idea. It is one of the primary elements in the marketing mix which involves various tactics such as advertising, sales promotion, public relations, direct marketing, and personal selling to stimulate demand or enhance brand recognition. In workplace context, promotion could also refer to advancement of an employee's rank or position within an organizational hierarchy system.

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Promotion

   Promotion is one of the market mix elements, and a term used frequently in marketing. The specification of five promotional mix or promotional plan. These elements are personal selling, advertising, sales promotion, direct marketing, and publicity. A promotional mix specifies how much attention to pay to each of the five subcategories, and how much money to budget for each. A promotional plan can have a wide range of objectives, including: sales increases, new product acceptance, creation of brand equity, positioning, competitive retaliations, or creation of a corporate image. Fundamentally, however there are three basic objectives of promotion. These are: ⁕To present information to consumers as well as others. ⁕To increase demand. ⁕To differentiate a product. There are different ways to promote a product in different areas of media. Promoters use internet advertisement, special events, endorsements, and newspapers to advertise their product. Many times with the purchase of a product there is an incentive like discounts, free items, or a contest. This is to increase the sales of a given product. The term "promotion" is usually an "in" expression used internally by the marketing company, but not normally to the public or the market - phrases like "special offer" are more common. An example of a fully integrated, long-term, large-scale promotion are My Coke Rewards and Pepsi Stuff. The UK version of My Coke Rewards is Coke Zone.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. promotion

   This word signifies, in military matters, the elevation of an individual to some appointment of greater rank and trust to the one he holds.

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Encouragement

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Promotion' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3031

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Promotion' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3991

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Promotion' in Nouns Frequency: #1176

How to pronounce Promotion?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Promotion in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Promotion in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Promotion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Promotion in a Sentence

1. The CDC:

   As many of his colleagues in the USPHS have pointed out, this information is incorrect. In fact, he received an early promotion/exceptional proficiency promotion to Commander effective July 1, 2017, in recognition of his exemplary performance in the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS), over and above any of his assignments at CDC, his early promotion within the USPHS reflects his excellence as an officer and an employee.

2. Lois McMaster Bujold:

   Adulthood isn't an award they'll give you for being a good child. You can waste... years, trying to get someone to give that respect to you, as though it were a sort of promotion or raise in pay. If only you do enough, if only you are good enough. No. You have to just... take it. Give it to yourself, I suppose. Say, I'm sorry you feel like that and walk away. But that's hard.

3. Mohammad Aizad Bin Ariffin:

   Since I joined Starbucks three years ago as a barista, my goal has been to become Starbucks Malaysia’s first Deaf store manager and after my recent promotion to shift manager, I’m well on way to achieving this dream, it’s an incredible feeling to share my journey and help develop other Deaf partners.

4. Ali Alfoneh:

   They’re using their hatred of America and their promotion of hatred of America to take over the mantel of leadership in the Muslim world, this of course to me shows that even if a nuclear deal is reached between Iran and the U.S. it does not necessarily mean that Iran is going to change its ideological fundamental line against the U.S.

5. Bob Smietana:

   Colin Powells folks won't stop with their promotion of vaccine skepticism and alternative treatments for Covid because they see that as continuing the good fight.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Promotion
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Promotion
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Promotion
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Promotion
6. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html