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/ˈædvərtˌaɪzɪŋ/ Listen

noun

advertising n.

A communication publicly promoting some product or service.

Synonyms: ad, advertisement, advert

The business of advertising; the activity engaged in by professional publicists for pay.

Synonyms: advertizing, publicizing, the advertising profession, the advertising industry

verb

Advertise v. t. (past & past part. advertised; pres. part. advertising)

To give notice to; to inform or apprise; to notify; to make known; hence, to warn; often followed by of before the subject of information; as, to advertise a man of his loss. (Archaic) "I will advertise thee what this people shall do."

To give public notice of; to announce publicly, esp. by a printed notice; as, to advertise goods for sale, a lost article, the sailing day of a vessel, a political meeting.

Synonyms: To apprise; inform; make known; notify; announce; proclaim; promulgate; publish.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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