to advertise
- verb
- /ˈæd.vɚ.taɪz/
- Now we're happy to advertise the fact that J.B. Goode's investigating services are needed once again...
- advertise a program
- advertise in public
I'm just anti advertising because I feel dirty about ads.
- I'm just anti advertising because I feel dirty about ads.
- Because if we can't advertise it, you won't see it even though it's good.
- And in fact, he uses that as a way to advertise.
- And if you think about what will, why are people advertising, right?
- Right now, the way these guys make profits is by selling advertising.
- If you're Google, your entire business is built on basically Google search and advertising.
- You know, it's the only country in the world, I think, except for Australia, where drug companies are allowed to advertise on television.
- And so, you know, what you did back then is you would get yourself a paper and you would look in what were called the want ads and they'd advertise jobs there.
- If they are using your data to make money or if they're advertising to you, well, then you can always leave the platform.
- The Lanham Act says that you are not allowed to to advertise a product if you know the product is false.
- And unless you advertise that in some way, most women would not go through the trouble of trying to figure that out.
Examples
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This is what happens when you don't advertise your events.
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We will now proceed with the programme as advertised.
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And unless you advertise that in some way, most women would not go through the trouble of trying to figure that out.
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We can only advertise the day of, no advance tickets, door only.
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Go figure the biggest band in the world would advertise in this newspaper.
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Does the cultural industry heavily advertise all its products, or only a few?
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We haven't advertised that yet.
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I get emails all the time from potential advertisers wanting to advertise on this podcast.
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We proved it, NVIDIA advertises it, and now we get to double how many we get for free.
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The company plans to advertise its new product on television next month.
Synonyms
To tell people officially about something, often in public
Tell people about a product to increase sales
To try to sell a product or service to people
To try to sell something or persuade people to accept an idea
Make something known to many people using news or social media
To make news or information known to many people
To make people notice something or someone
Tell many people about something so they know
To promote something with exaggerated, flashy advertising to get attention
To spread information or ideas widely so many people know them
To advertise someone or something as the main act
To help more people know about a problem or cause
Tell many people about something so they know
To make people notice something important
To give a short public mention to make people notice or buy something
To make an idea, activity, or subject known and liked by many people
To say that something is better or more important than it really is
Actively promote a product or idea to get people to use it
To tell many people about something so they know it
To make something well known by giving it a lot of media attention
To loudly promote things in public to attract attention
Antonyms
How Widely Known
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Advertise comes from the Latin parts ad- ('to') and vertere ('to turn'), so it originally meant 'to turn attention to' something. So, to advertise is to make something known in public by turning people's attention toward it.