self-promote
self-promote verb: to promote oneself; to present oneself to others in a favorable light.
Verb
self-promote (third-person singular simple present self-promotes, present participle self-promoting, simple past and past participle self-promoted)
- To promote oneself; to present oneself to others in a favorable light.
- If we narrow our focus to "bad" office politics, the kind that subverts an organization or undermines the work of people, the self-promoting plotting that others do, then yes, there are things that can be done.1998, IEEE-USA, The Balanced Engineer: Essential Ideas for Career Development, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 82
- Back in the centre of the universe – Toronto, the 'vortex' of all known Canadian culture, most of the gigs were self-promoted, presented in the unused basement room of a hotel or the back room of a hip café.2011, William (Bill) E. Smith, Bill Smith, Rant & Dawdle: The Fictional Memoir of Colston Willmott, Charivari Press, →ISBN, page 285
Forms of self-promote
| third-person singular present | self-promotes |
|---|---|
| present participle | self-promoting |
| past participle | self-promoted |
| past | self-promoted |
Origin of self-promote
Back-formation from self-promotion, equivalent to self- + promote.
Questions about self-promote
- What does self-promote mean?
- Self-promote means to promote oneself; to present oneself to others in a favorable light.
- What part of speech is self-promote?
- Self-promote is a verb.
- What is the past tense of self-promote?
- The past tense of self-promote is self-promoted.
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