promotional
adjective · noun
Simple meaning
Related to a public promotion of some product or service.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
pɹəˈmoʊʃənəl
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Definition
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adjective
Of or relating to an advertising promotion; serving to promote a service, institution, business, etc.
Of or relating to advancement
Of or relating to promotion to a post of higher status.
noun
An advertising promotion
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B1 · Intermediate
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Of or relating to an advertising promotion; serving to promote a service, institution, business, etc.
Used this way, promotional is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in business or professional contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- No strong connotation
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Business/professional
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use promotional
- “They sent out a promotional email about their new product launch.”
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Word Family
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Compound terms
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The cost of promoting a product.
A message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution.
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