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advertise en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈædvəˌtaɪ̯z/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• [ˈædvəˌtʰaɪ̯z] (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈædvɚˌtʰaɪ̯z] ~ [ˈædvɹ̩ˌtʰaɪ̯z] (General-American)
• /ˈædvɚˌtaɪ̯z/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English advertisen, from Anglo-Norman advertir (“to inform”), avertir, Middle French advertir, avertir (“to warn, give notice to”), with the French -iss- infix assimilated to -ise, -ize and probably influenced by the noun advertisement. Compare also advert.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly.
2. (intransitive) 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.
3. (transitive) 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.
4. (archaic, transitive) To notify (someone) of something; to call someone's attention to something.
   • […] I am daily advertiſed by ſeveral friends and correſpondents from Oxford, that I have omitted many particulars, which it is proper to animadvert upon, in order to compleat the Secret Hiſtory of that place; and I have therefore, in compliance with their requeſt, reſolved to reſume this work, and continue to publiſh ſome part of it every Act-Term, till the whole is finiſhed, and the ſubject fully exhauſted: […] 1726, Terræ Filius [pseudonym; Nicholas Amherst], “[The Dedication]”, in Terræ-Filius: Or, the Secret History of the University of Oxford; in Several Essays. To which are Added, Remarks upon a Late Book, Entitled, University Education, by R. Newton, D.D. Principal of Hart-Hall. In Two Volumes, 2nd edition, volume I, London: Printed for R. Francklin, under Tom's Coffee-House, in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden, →OCLC, page xi:
   • [T]he Queene [Isabella of France], vvhen ſhee vvas […] aduertiſed of her huſbands dethronization, ſhee outvvardly expreſſed ſo great extremity of paſſion (notvvithſtanding that at the ſame time ſhee vvas tolde of her ſonnes [Edward III of England's] ſurrogation) as if ſhee had beene diſtraught in her vvittes: […] 1611, Iohn Speed [i.e., John Speed], “Edward the Second, […]”, in The History of Great Britaine under the Conquests of yͤ Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. […], London: […] William Hall and John Beale, for John Sudbury and George Humble, […], →OCLC, book IX ([Englands Monarchs] […]), paragraph 76, page 564, column 1:
   • Socrates being advertiſed, that the God of wiſdome, had attributed the name of wiſe vnto him, was thereat much aſtoniſhed, and diligently ſearching and rouzing vp himſelf, and ranſaking the very ſecrets of his heart, found no foundation or ground for his divine ſentence. 1603, Michel de Montaigne, “An Apologie of Raymond Sebond”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 288:
5. In gin rummy, to discard 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. 1947, On Gin Rummy: An All-American Roundup, page 121:

Forms

Deriveds

unadvertised · advertisable · nonadvertised · preadvertise · advertisee · it pays to advertise · self-advertise · outadvertise · readvertise · underadvertisedadvertisable · advertiser · advertisement · advertisey · ad · spamvertise · overadvertise · advertising · advert

Synonyms

announce (give public notice) · publish (give public notice; uncommon use) · notify (tell about) · promote (advertise commercially) · inform (tell about) · alert (tell about; with urgency) · apprise (tell about) · proclaim (give public notice) · bill (give public notice) · make known (give public notice) · publicise (advertise commercially) · sell (advertise commercially) · promulgate (give public notice)

Translations (95)

he פרסם ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · fi kuuluttaa ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · da reklamere ((transitive) to provide public information about (a product, services etc.)) · da annoncere ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · ja 宣伝する ((intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others) · tr tanıtım yapmak ((transitive) to provide public information about (a product, services etc.)) · mk реклами́ра ((intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others) · fi julistaa ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · cmn 宣傳 /宣传 ((transitive) to provide public information about (a product, services etc.)) · uk рекламува́ти ((transitive) to provide public information about (a product, services etc.)) · da reklamere ((intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others) · el διαφημίζω ((transitive) to provide public information about (a product, services etc.)) · cy hysbysu ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · tr reklâm yapmak ((intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others) · da annoncere ((intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others) · lt publikuoti ((transitive) to provide public information about (a product, services etc.)) · bg рекламирам ((intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others) · it divulgare ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · grc διαφημίζω ((transitive) to provide public information about (a product, services etc.)) · pl ogłaszać się ((intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others) · bg информирам ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · es anunciar ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · sv annonsera ((transitive) to provide public information about (a product, services etc.)) · hu reklámoz ((transitive) to provide public information about (a product, services etc.)) · mk реклами́ра ((transitive) to provide public information about (a product, services etc.)) · gul abbuhtize ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · hu hirdet ((transitive) to provide public information about (a product, services etc.)) · pl ogłaszać ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · tr duyurmak ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · it annunciare ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · lt skelbti ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · cy hysbysebu ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · ja 広告する ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · grc διαφημίζω ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · de werben ((intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others) · mk обја́вува ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · he פרסם ((intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others) · ru реклами́ровать ((intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others) · fi mainostaa ((intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others) · it promuovere ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · fi mainostaa ((transitive) to provide public information about (a product, services etc.)) · da reklamere ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · ka არეკლამირებს ((intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others) · uk рекламува́ти ((intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others) · el διαφημίζω ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · pt anunciar ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · ms mengiklankan ((intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others) · yue 賣廣告 /卖广告 ((intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others) · ka გამოაცხადებს ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · pt publicitar ((transitive) to provide public information about (a product, services etc.)) · de inserieren ((intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others) · el διαφημίζω ((intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others) · bg обявявам ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · ms iklankan ((transitive) to provide public information about (a product, services etc.)) · mi pānui ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · ru объявля́ть ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · pt divulgar ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · fr afficher ((intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others) · cmn 賣廣告 /卖广告 ((intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others) · it pubblicizzare ((intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others) · nl adverteren ((intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others) · bg рекламирам ((transitive) to provide public information about (a product, services etc.)) · fr publier ((intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others) · pl reklamować ((transitive) to provide public information about (a product, services etc.)) · fr annoncer ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · de anpreisen ((transitive) to provide public information about (a product, services etc.)) · sv tillkännage ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · la venditō ((intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others) · ru публикова́ть ((transitive) to provide public information about (a product, services etc.)) · la venditō ((transitive) to provide public information about (a product, services etc.)) · id mengiklankan ((intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others) · yi רעקלאַמירן ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · he פרסם ((transitive) to provide public information about (a product, services etc.)) · eo reklami ((intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others) · pt publicar ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · mi whakatairanga ((transitive) to provide public information about (a product, services etc.)) · pt anunciar ((intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others) · ru извеща́ть ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · de anbieten ((transitive) to provide public information about (a product, services etc.)) · lt reklamuoti ((intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others) · de annoncieren ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · pl ogłosić ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · ru реклами́ровать ((transitive) to provide public information about (a product, services etc.)) · pt anunciar ((transitive) to provide public information about (a product, services etc.)) · fi ilmoittaa ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · uk реклямува́ти ((transitive) to provide public information about (a product, services etc.)) · it pubblicizzare ((transitive) to provide public information about (a product, services etc.)) · ru информи́рова́ть ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · es publicitar ((transitive) to provide public information about (a product, services etc.)) · de ankündigen ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · da annoncere ((transitive) to provide public information about (a product, services etc.)) · yi מעלדן ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · sv göra reklam ((intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others) · pt promulgar ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) · pt publicitar ((intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others)