noun · neutral
promotion
UK/prəˈməʊ.ʃən/US/prəˈmoʊ.ʃən/pro·MO·tion
Band 6-7speakingtask2
the act of moving someone to a higher position at work
Examples
“After two successful projects she finally got a promotion.”
“He is hoping for a promotion to team leader next year.”
“Promotion often comes with more responsibility and longer hours.”
Band 8 sentence
“After three years of consistently exceeding targets, I earned a promotion to team leader.”
Collocations
- get a promotion
- be eligible for promotion
- receive a promotion
Word family
promote verbpromotion nounpromotional adjective
Common mistakes
to get promote→to get promoted
I have a promotion last year→I got a promotion last year
Say it for a higher band
5increase→6raise→7+promotion
Synonyms
raise
Easily confused
raise
“She got a raise after the review.”
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