Word Definitions & Examples
verb
Sense 1
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
Type of:
play
Kinds of:
queen
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 3
"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"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 4
"I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb
Sense 5
"The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"
"The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops"
Type of:
praise
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
50
Times Searched
3
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