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advertise

  • verb
  • ad·ver·tise
  • /ˈædvəˌtaɪ̯z/

To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly.

Other meanings

  1. To provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others.

    “For personal needs, advertise on the internet or in a local newspaper.”

  2. To provide public information about (a product, service etc.) in order to attract public awareness and increase sales.

    “Over the air, they advertise their product on drive-time radio talk shows and TV news shows.”

Related words

  • nonadvertised
  • unadvertised
  • underadvertisedadvertisable
  • advertisee
  • advertisey
  • outadvertise
  • overadvertise
  • preadvertise
  • readvertise
  • spamvertise
  • advertisement
  • advertiser

Word history

From Middle French "advertir".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “advertise” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.