Definition of Advertise

1. Verb. Call attention to. "Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS"

Exact synonyms: Advertize, Publicise, Publicize
Generic synonyms: Announce, Denote
Specialized synonyms: Headline, Ballyhoo
Derivative terms: Publiciser, Publicist, Publicist, Publicizer, Publicizing

2. Verb. Make publicity for; try to sell (a product). "Sam and Sue Advertise the movie "; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops"

Definition of Advertise

1. 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.

Definition of Advertise

1. Verb. (context: transitive now rare) To notify (someone) of something; to call someone's attention to something. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others. (defdate from 18th c.) ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To provide public information about (a product, service etc.) in order to attract public awareness and increase sales. (defdate from 19th c.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Advertise

1. [v -TISED, -TISING, -TISES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Advertise

advertainment
advertainments
advertecture
adverted
advertence
advertences
advertencies
advertency
advertent
advertently
advertese
adverting
advertisable
advertise
advertised
advertiser
advertisers
advertises
advertising
advertising agency
advertising campaign
advertising department
advertising division
advertising mail
advertisings
advertize

Literary usage of Advertise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Law: Business Or Profession? by Julius Henry Cohen (1916)
"CHAPTER XIV "IT PAYS TO Advertise." DOES IT? IN mercantile life the advertiser is king. There seems to be no territory on which his conquering feet may not ..."

2. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1914)
"American teachers must advertise, in one way or another. The shrewdest of them do advertise, and "keep everlastingly at it." It is quite apparent to those ..."

3. Nature by Norman Lockyer, Nature Publishing Group (1875)
"Nevertheless, the English editor has permitted a firm of instrument makers to advertise it for half a guinea at the end of the volume as " an indispensable ..."

4. The Political Code of the State of California by California, Creed Haymond (1872)
"Advertise for proposals. paid into the State Treasury, and file with the Controller the receipt of the State Treasurer for the money so paid. ..."

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