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nounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt//
- United Kingdom//ˈædvəˌtaɪzmənt//
- United States//ˈædvɚˌtaɪzmənt//
A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.
noun
- 1
A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.
Companies try to sell their products using advertisements in form of placards, television spots and print publications.
- 2
A public notice.
The city council placed an advertisement in the local newspaper to inform its residents of the forthcoming roadworks.
- 3
A recommendation of a particular product, service or person.
The good manners and intelligence of the students are an advertisement for the school.
- 4
obsoleteNotoriety.
- 5
In gin rummy, the discarding of a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it.
The safest time to answer a possible advertisement is when you have no indication as to what suit your opponent wants. Then even if he has advertised, the odds are that your answer is not the card he is looking for.
- 6
obsoleteA preface.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *wert- Proto-Indo-European *wértetor Proto-Italic *wertō Latin vertō Latin advertō Old French avertir Middle French advertir Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Middle French -ment Middle French advertissementbor. English advertisement From Middle French advertissement (“statement calling attention”), compare French avertissement (“warning”). See advertise. Equivalent to advertise + -ment.
Forms
- plural
- advertisements
advertisement · A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.
advertising · Communication whose purpose is to influence potential…advice · An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be…advise · To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or…