To promote, to move someone up in an organization usually because she has done a good job.
We are going to promote her to manager.
If we don't promote him, he'll probably be upset.
The opposite of promote is demote.
(We shouldn’t promote anyone unless they really deserve it, which means they have to prove themselves.)
(It looks like we promoted him too soon, because he can’t do the job.)
To transfer, to move someone or something from one place to another.
The company is going to transfer him to Shanghai next month.
She doesn't want to be transferred because her husband is against moving to another city.
(He likes working for us, but he wants to be transferred to a different place within the company.)
(He wants to be transferred back to engineering because he hates paperwork.)
To motivate, to get someone interested and excited about doing something.
She is really good at motivating her employees.
One way to motivate someone is to encourage them by giving constructive feedback.
(He’s not fool, so giving him an award without an increase in salary won’t motivate him.)
(We need to motivate people more and not demotivate them by reducing benefits.)
To postpone, to delay or put off something until a later date.
We had to postpone the presentation, because she wasn't ready to give it.
We can't continue to postpone the meeting, or they will cancel it completely.
(We can’t postpone launching the product, so everyone will have to work harder to meet the deadline.)
(We have no choice but to postpone the test, because the weather conditions aren’t right.)
To evade, to escape or avoid something.
They are trying to evade taking responsibility for their failure.
He was arrested for tax evasion.
(They designed the airplane to evade detection by radar.)
(They can’t evade paying the import tax or they will lose their license to do business in that country.)
