English Dictionary
Definition of “advertising”
Word Frequency
advertising or (sometimes US) advertizing (ˈædvəˌtaɪzɪŋ
)
Definitions
noun
- the promotion of goods or services for sale through impersonal media, such as radio or television
- the business that specializes in creating such publicity
- advertisements collectively; publicity
Quotations including 'advertising'
"You can fool all the people all the time if the advertising is right and the budget is big enough"
"Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement"
"Advertising is the rattle of a stick inside a swill bucket"
"Advertising is the greatest art form of the twentieth century"
"Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business"
advertise or (sometimes US) advertize (ˈædvəˌtaɪz
)
Definitions
verb
- to present or praise (goods, a service, etc) to the public, esp in order to encourage sales
- to make (something, such as a vacancy, article for sale, etc) publicly known, as to
possible applicants, buyers, etc ⇒
to advertise a job
- intr foll by for to make a public request (for), esp in a newspaper, etc ⇒
she advertised for a cook
- (obsolete) to warn; caution
Derived Forms
ˈadverˌtiser, (sometimes US) ˈadverˌtizer nounWord Origin
C15: from a lengthened stem of Old French avertir, ultimately from Latin advertere to turn one's attention to. See adverseTranslations for 'advertising'
- British English: advertising Advertising is the business activity of encouraging people to buy products, go to events, or apply for jobs....a ban on tobacco advertising.ˈædvəˌtaɪzɪŋ NOUN
- Arabic: إِعْلان
- Brazilian Portuguese: publicidade
- Chinese: 广告
- Croatian: oglašavanje
- Czech: inzerce
- Danish: reklame
- Dutch: reclame
- European Spanish: publicidadcomercialización
- Finnish: mainonta
- French: publicitémétier
- German: Werbung
- Greek: διαφήμισηεπάγγελμα
- Italian: promozione
- Japanese: 広告すること
- Korean: 광고
- Norwegian: reklame
- Polish: reklama
- Portuguese: publicidade
- Romanian: publicitate publicități
- Russian: рекламная деятельность
- Spanish: publicidad
- Swedish: reklam
- Thai: ธุรกิจโฆษณา
- Turkish: reklam yapma
- Ukrainian: реклама
- Vietnamese: việc quảng cáo
Example Sentences Including 'advertising'
A torn poster attached itself to the windscreen advertising flights to Rio, 14 days for 150,000 CFA.INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS (2002)
Griffin Burns Hanover, PA It's about time those hoity-toity skin-care products start exercising a little truth in advertising.Maxim (2004)
He even appeared in an advertising campaign for Rockport shoes.DOT.CON (2001)
Office rumours start circulating over drinks in some bar where other advertising people hang out.BETTER THAN THIS (2002)
The Irvine brothers ' radical approach to running the old-established firm does not stop at advertising.Glasgow Herald (2001)
The advertising push is part of Barnardos's two-year "Every Child Matters "campaign which starts this month.Irish Times (2002)
The blow was softened - although only slightly - by a 2 % rise in local advertising revenues.Glasgow Herald (2001)
There was a difference between cigarettes and alcohol, he said, when it came to advertising.Irish Times (2002)
Vogue paid her ten pounds for a day's work, advertising more.The Image of Laura
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