promote



promote someone (from something) (to something)

to raise someone's rank from something to something. They promoted her from teller to vice president. Carl promoted his daughter to supervisor.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
AideenAY-deen Irish
Amparoahm-PAH-roSpanish
VictorVIK-tər (English), veek-TOR (French)English, French, Portuguese, Romanian, Dutch, Swedish, Late Roman
HeatherHE-dhərEnglish
WyattWIE-ətEnglish
Lal-Indian, Hindi, Nepali