verb (v)

• contribute to the progress or growth of(verb.social)

  Synonym:
  advance, boost, encourage, further
  

  source: wordnet30
• give a promotion to or assign to a higher position(verb.social)

  Example:
  I got promoted after many years of hard work.
  

  Synonym:
  advance, elevate, kick upstairs, raise, upgrade
  Antonym:
  break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate
  

  source: wordnet30
• make publicity for; try to sell (a product)(verb.communication)

  Synonym:
  advertise, advertize, push
  

  source: wordnet30
• be changed for a superior chess or checker piece(verb.competition)

  source: wordnet30
• 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(verb.competition)

  source: wordnet30
• 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.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To urge on or incite another, as to strife; also, to inform against a person.(verb)

  source: webster1913