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self-promotes

self-promotes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of self-promote.

Meaning of self-promote

Verb

self-promote (third-person singular simple present self-promotes, present participle self-promoting, simple past and past participle self-promoted)

  1. (transitive) 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

Questions about self-promotes

What is self-promotes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Self-promotes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of self-promote.

Words near self-promotes in the dictionary

  1. self-professed
  2. self-promote
  3. self-promoted
  4. self-promoter
  5. self-promoters
  6. self-promotes
  7. self-promoting
  8. self-promotion
  9. self-promotional
  10. self-promotions
  11. self-pronouncing

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