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Definition of Advert
1. Noun. A public promotion of some product or service.
Specialized synonyms: Direct Mail, Preview, Prevue, Trailer, Advertorial, Mailer, Newspaper Ad, Newspaper Advertisement, Commercial, Commercial Message, Bill, Broadsheet, Broadside, Circular, Flier, Flyer, Handbill, Throwaway, Teaser, Top Billing
Generic synonyms: Packaging, Promotion, Promotional Material, Publicity
Derivative terms: Advertise, Advertise, Advertize
2. Verb. Give heed (to). "They attended to everything he said"
Generic synonyms: Listen
Specialized synonyms: Fixate
Derivative terms: Advertence, Advertency, Advertent, Attender, Attention, Attention, Attention, Attentive, Attentive
3. Verb. Make a more or less disguised reference to. "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it"
Generic synonyms: Hint, Suggest
Entails: Denote, Refer
Related verbs: Bear On, Come To, Concern, Have-to Doe With, Pertain, Refer, Relate, Touch, Touch On
Derivative terms: Allusion, Allusive
4. Verb. Make reference to. "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"
Generic synonyms: Have In Mind, Mean, Think Of
Specialized synonyms: Commend, Remember, Speak Of The Devil, Remember, Cite, Quote, Touch On, Appeal, Invoke, Namedrop, Bring Up, Raise, Drag Up, Dredge Up, Cross-refer
Derivative terms: Citation, Citation, Citation, Mention, Mention, Mentioner, Name, Naming, Reference
Definition of Advert
1. v. i. To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said.
Definition of Advert
1. Noun. (informal) An advertisement, an ad. ¹
2. Verb. To turn attention. ¹
3. Verb. To call attention, refer; ''construed with'' to. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Advert
1. to call attention [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Advert
Literary usage of Advert
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: From by Francis Vesey, Great Britain Court of Chancery (1827)
"... a Court of Law Dew es.ae Any altera- cannot advert: neither ought they to take
any notice of , articles, or covenants, charging the estate in equity. ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"It is not necessary to advert to the 16th and 18th sections more particularly.
They embrace details in nowise material to the question under consideration. ..."
3. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1848)
"The codes of the Burgundians and of the Visigoths, which advert to them, are, by
analogy, witnesses to the contrary. ..."
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