Basic Details
Word: Promotion
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: A move to a higher rank or more important job; also, activity such as advertising that helps something sell or become popular.
Synonyms: advancement, upgrade, advertising, publicity
Antonyms: demotion
Word origin: From Latin promovere, to move forward.
How to Spell Promotion
Syllables: pro - mo - tion
Tricky part: Both early vowels are o: pro-mo. The last part is tion, not sion, although it sounds like shun.
Watch out for: promosion, pramotion, promotoin
Memory tip: Promote becomes promotion: drop the final e of promote and add ion. The t of promote is the t of tion.
Usage Examples
Example 1: After five years at the bank, Aditya's father got a promotion to branch manager.
Example 2: The shop ran a promotion that gave a free pencil box with every school bag.
Example 3: Our football team won enough matches to earn promotion to the senior league.
Fun Fact
In chess, a pawn that reaches the far side of the board gets a promotion and is usually turned into a queen.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Three of these words are spelt correctly. Choose the meaning of the misspelt one:
1. ambition 2. occasion 3. hesitation 4. promosion
a) a strong wish to achieve something
b) a pause before acting because of doubt
c) a particular time when something happens
d) a move to a higher rank or position
Show answer
d) a move to a higher rank or position. Occasion really does end in sion, but promotion is built from promote, so it keeps the t.
Word Cookie
Fill in the missing letters to complete the word:
pr_m_tion
a) a, o
b) o, a
c) o, o
d) e, o
Show answer
c) o, o. Say pro-mo-tion slowly: the same round o sound comes in the first two beats.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
The new phone was launched with a big nmootrpoi that filled every newspaper.
a) protection
b) commotion
c) promotion
d) proportion
Show answer
c) promotion. Proportion and protection both need letters that are not in the jumble, and commotion has a c; promotion uses every letter exactly.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The opposite of a promotion at work is a ____.
a) holiday
b) salary
c) demotion
d) meeting
Show answer
c) demotion
2. A sales promotion in a shop is meant to ____.
a) close the shop early
b) reduce the staff
c) change the shop's name
d) make people buy more
Show answer
d) make people buy more
