advertise

  • 21advertise — verb /ˈæd.vɚ.taɪz/ a) To give public notice of; to announce publicly; as to advertise goods for sale, a lost article, the sailing day of a vessel, a political meeting. It pays to advertise. b) To provide information about in communications media …

    Wiktionary

  • 22advertise — [15] When it was originally borrowed into English, from French, advertise meant ‘notice’. It comes ultimately from the Latin verb advertere ‘turn towards’ (whose past participle adversus ‘hostile’ is the source of English adverse [14] and… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 23advertise — verb 1 (I, T) to tell people publicly about a product or service in order to persuade them to buy it: Have you tried that new shampoo they ve been advertising on TV? 2 (I, T) to make an announcement, for example in a newspaper or on a poster,… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 24advertise — ad•ver•tise [[t]ˈæd vərˌtaɪz, ˌæd vərˈtaɪz[/t]] v. tised, tis•ing 1) to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste[/ex] 2)… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 25advertise — [15] When it was originally borrowed into English, from French, advertise meant ‘notice’. It comes ultimately from the Latin verb advertere ‘turn towards’ (whose past participle adversus ‘hostile’ is the source of English adverse [14] and… …

    Word origins

  • 26advertise — verb ( tised; tising) Etymology: Middle English, to pay heed to, observe, notify, from Anglo French advertiss , stem of advertir Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to make something known to ; notify …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 27advertise — Synonyms and related words: acquaint, advertise of, advise, air, announce, annunciate, apprise, ballyhoo, bark, bill, blazon, blazon forth, boost, brandish, brief, bring word, broadcast, bruit about, build up, bulletin, circularize, communicate,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 28advertise — verb you should advertise the contest on your local radio station Syn: publicize, make public, make known, announce, broadcast, proclaim, trumpet, call attention to, bill, promulgate; promote, market, beat/bang the drum for, huckster; informal… …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 29advertise*/ — [ˈædvəˌtaɪz] verb [I/T] 1) to announce a product, service, or event on television, on the Internet, in newspapers etc so that people will buy it, use it, or go to it The perfume has been advertised in all the major women s magazines.[/ex] 2) to… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 30Advertise — Извещать; объявлять, помещать объявление; рекламировать …

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