Word Frequency
publicity (pʌˈblɪsɪtɪ
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Definitions
noun
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- the technique or process of attracting public attention to people, products, etc, as by the use of the mass media
- (as modifier) ⇒
a publicity agent
- public interest resulting from information supplied by such a technique or process
- information used to draw public attention to people, products, etc
- the state of being public
Word Origin
C18: via French from Medieval Latin pūblicitās; see publicSynonyms
View thesaurus entryQuotations including 'publicity'
"All publicity is good, except an obituary notice"
Translations for 'publicity'
- British English: publicity Publicity is advertising, information, or actions intended to attract the public's attention to someone or something.They spent a lot of money on publicity.pʌˈblɪsɪtɪ NOUN
- Arabic: تَرْوِيج
- Brazilian Portuguese: publicidade
- Chinese: 宣传
- Croatian: publicitet
- Czech: publicita
- Danish: publicity
- Dutch: publiciteit
- European Spanish: publicidadnotoriedad
- Finnish: julkisuus
- French: publicitébruit
- German: Werbung
- Greek: δημοσιότητα
- Italian: pubblicità
- Japanese: 宣伝
- Korean: 선전
- Norwegian: offentlig omtale
- Polish: rozgłos
- Portuguese: publicidade
- Romanian: publicitate
- Russian: известность
- Spanish: publicidad
- Swedish: publicitet
- Thai: การโฆษณา
- Turkish: tanıtım
- Ukrainian: реклама
- Vietnamese: quảng bá
Example Sentences Including 'publicity'
Mr Redmond had had no option but to start the judicial review proceedings following the revival of publicity in March.Irish Times (2002)
Once the media hear about a great program anyone can download almost for nothing, you should get plenty of free publicity.BETTER THAN THIS (2002)
Thanks to advance publicity , they had all heard of Paloma Blanca.Final Resort
The Complex have been longing to get some publicity from us.Death in Fashion
The Vail brothers went to work on improving the technology, while Morse handled the publicity.SIGNOR MARCONI'S MAGIC BOX: The invention that sparked the radio revolution (2003)
The Wexford Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Service said the fresh wave of publicity had brought a "deluge" of calls.Irish Times (2002)
The advent of supermodels transformed the publicity generated by such runway shows.Glasgow Herald (2001)
The court decided not to impose a sentence because of the intense publicity surrounding the case.New Scientist (1999)
The term makes me uncomfortable; I am not going to feed or cultivate additional publicity ,' he said.Glasgow Herald (2001)
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