Hyphenation of promote

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word promote? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

pro-mote

Definitions of promote:

1.	Contribute to the progress or growth of I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom
2.	Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position 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
3.	Make publicity for Try to sell (a product) The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops
4.	Be changed for a superior chess or checker piece
5.	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

Synonyms of promote:

verb	advance, boost, further, encourage, support, back up
verb	upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate, delegate, designate, depute, assign
verb	advertise, advertize, push, praise
verb	change
verb	play

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.