publicise, promote, draw attention to (generally in order to sell goods or services); publicly announce; give notice, inform; (in Poker card game) bluff in order to make the bluff apparent (also advertize)
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Advertise Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Advertise Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
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.
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.
(v. t.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo 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.
advertise
see under advertent
Verb
1. call attention to; "Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS"
(synonym) publicize, advertize, publicise
(hypernym) announce, denote
(hyponym) headline
2. make publicity for; try to sell (a product); "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops"
(synonym) advertize, promote, push
(hypernym) praise
(hyponym) propagandize, propagandise
(verb-group) crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitate
(derivation) ad, advertisement, advertizement, advertising, advertizing, advert
Advertise Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Advertising is a form of communication used to encourage or persuade an audience (viewers, readers or listeners; sometimes a specific group of people) to continue or take some new action. Most commonly, the desired result is to drive consumer behavior with respect to a commercial offering, although political and ideological advertising is also common. The purpose of advertising may also be to reassure employees or shareholders that a company is viable or successful. Advertising messages are usually paid for by sponsors and viewed via various traditional media; including mass media such as newspaper, magazines, television commercial, radio advertisement, outdoor advertising or direct mail; or new media such as blogs and websites and text messages.
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