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Definition of Advertise
1. Verb. Call attention to. "Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS"
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"
Generic synonyms: Praise
Specialized synonyms: Propagandise, Propagandize, Plug, Bill, Agitate, Campaign, Crusade, Fight, Press, Push
Related verbs: Agitate, Campaign, Crusade, Fight, Press, Push
Derivative terms: Advertisement, Advertiser, Advertising, Advertising, Advertizement, Advertizer, Promoter, Promotion
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
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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