publicity
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3.0
- noun
- /pəˈblɪsɪti/
:
publicidad
- The charity organized a fundraising event to boost its publicity and raise awareness for its cause.
- a publicity campaign
- receive publicity
- negative publicity
They might get a bunch of publicity for one dress.
- They might get a bunch of publicity for one dress.
- And it brought him incredible publicity, and it more than paid for itself.
- You generate good publicity and how do you do that?
- And this year we are going to get another big publicity campaign from Penguin.
- After that, we, as we got more publicity, more people started running servers.
- So anyway, it's interesting that John Lilly got a lot of publicity, but he didn't discover squat.
- Firstly, I'm not saying that it is a publicity stunt.
- Campaigns can gain publicity and traction through the Me Too movement.
- Yeah, but the, he got so much publicity over there.
- Around this time, Chapo is making a lot of bad publicity for Sinaloa, right?
- So this was a huge publicity bonanza.
- And that, Ellis says, is that they shun publicity.
- What people don't realize is they got what they came for massive publicity all over the world.
- Instead of getting a thank you, we got bad publicity.
- So the main issue is vigilantes that do it for the publicity.
- I have never seen so many tweets and so much publicity though around the women's games.
- Trust me, when there's no publicity, it's bad publicity.
Examples
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Use favorable results to obtain positive publicity for your local arts programs.
Academic text (1999) -
Yesterday, without almost any publicity, there were six people in the audience.
Fiction book (1994) -
And it brought him incredible publicity, and it more than paid for itself.
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And what we do know is that publicity does help.
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You generate good publicity and how do you do that?
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The girl was looking for some publicity.
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Schools also benefit from commercial production because of the publicity they receive after the commercial is broadcast.
Academic text (2008) -
I thought it was all about the publicity and keeping your sponsors happy.
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Starting in August, the Christian Democrats launched a massive publicity drive, with headquarters in Panama.
Academic text (1993) -
In turn, the corporate sponsor receives the benefits of publicity, tax breaks, and cultural capital.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
159
3.8
Work to make a person or company look good to the public
124
3.2
An activity that tells people about a product to make them buy or support it
110
3.0
Work to help a company or person look good to the public
88
3.9
Making a secret or hidden thing known to people
37
2.4
Notice or interest from newspapers, TV, and websites
16
6.6
Spreading information or ideas so many people learn them
4
3.9
A planned set of actions to make people view a company or person more positively
1
4.0
Making something known to many people so they can see or talk about it
1
3.8
The act of making an idea or thing easy for many people to understand
1
3.5
Making goods or services known to many people to help sell them
To make and manage a public image for people, organizations, or products
Antonyms
Compounds
- Archaic
1
5.8
A woman who works to get news about someone or their company in the media
How Promoted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Publicity comes from public ('of the people') and the idea of making something known to everyone. That's why it now means the activity of telling many people about a product, person, or idea to get public attention.