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🛍️ To promote 📢 To make public 💻 To announce availability
to advertise

to advertise

198 2.7
Tell many people about a product or service to make them want it
  • verb
  • /ˈæd.vɚ.taɪz/
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  • To attract more customers, they will advertise the sale in the local newspaper.
  • advertise products
  • advertise services
  • advertise a sale

And the most compelling way to advertise anything is show, don't sell.

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Examples

  • How much did NVIDIA pay you to advertise in this video?

  • Keep in mind that in America, prescription-only drugs are widely advertised on public television.

    Academic text (2011)

  • And they just advertise it every single day.

  • In some parts of the country the force even advertise in the gay press now.

    Filth (2013)

  • On your social media you should advertise your strengths.

  • This whole event tonight has been advertised in advance.

    In the Line of Fire (1993)

  • In which newspaper did you last advertise?

    Secret Ceremony (1968)

  • As the carbon credit industry grew, businesses were able to advertise their green credentials.

    Patrick Boyle

  • Other industries don't get to advertise to young kids in that way.

    Rich Roll

  • And the most compelling way to advertise anything is show, don't sell.

    Alex Hormozi

Synonyms

to push
vsto advertise
262 4.0

To try to sell something forcefully, often illegal goods

seeks to raise awareness without aggressive or persistent pressure
to promote
vsto advertise
252 3.5

Tell people about a product to increase sales

is focused on making the public aware to encourage purchase
to market
vsto advertise
172 2.8

To try to sell a product or service to people

focuses on informing many people to encourage buying, not distribution
to publicize
vsto advertise
94 4.0

Make something known to many people using news or social media

aims specifically to get people to buy or use it
to hype
vsto advertise
53 4.4

To promote something with exaggerated, flashy advertising to get attention

aims to inform people to encourage buying without exaggeration
to bill
vsto advertise
  • UK
41 4.1

To advertise someone or something as the main act

aims to inform to drive purchases rather than just giving notices
to get the word out
vsto advertise
31 3.2

Tell many people about something so they know

has the commercial aim to encourage buying or using rather than only informing
to plug
vsto advertise
24 4.2

To give a short public mention to make people notice or buy something

uses general informing to encourage buying without personal praise
to evangelize
vsto advertise
  • Jargon
3 7.4

Actively promote a product or idea to get people to use it

shares information to encourage use but without strong missionary push
to advertize
vsto advertise
  • US
2.7

To tell many people about a product or service so they buy it

is the standard spelling with s rather than z
to spruik
vsto advertise
  • Australian
9.9

To loudly promote things in public to attract attention

uses broader informing to raise awareness without showy speech

Antonyms

to withhold
210 5.1

Refuse to give something someone wants or needs

How Persuasive

to hype
53 4.4
to market
172 2.8
to promote
252 3.5
to advertise
198 2.7
to announce
∞ 1.5

Surface Forms

advertise infinitive
advertised past
advertised past participle
advertising present participle
advertises third person singular

Morphology

advertise = advert (semi-transparent) = advert + ise

The word is built from 'advert' + '-ise', but the commercial sense has become a specialized conventional meaning.

Etymology

Advertise comes from the Latin parts ad- ('to') and vertere ('to turn'), which gives the idea of 'turning attention to' a product or service. So, when a company advertises it tries to turn people's attention to what it sells so they will buy or use it.