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self-promoting

self-promoting is the present participle and gerund 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-promoting

What is self-promoting the present participle and gerund of?
Self-promoting is the present participle and gerund of self-promote.

Words near self-promoting in the dictionary

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

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