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to placard

to placard

6.6
To put up signs in public to give information or advertise
  • verb
  • /ˈplækɑrd/
translation icon : poner carteles
  • This, his second lecture in Quebec City, was widely placarded throughout the city and bore the provocative title of "The Ancient and Modern Inquisition."

Examples

  • To inform the public about the sale, the store manager decided to placard all the windows with bright signs.

  • As long as that piece of equipment is placarded in OP.

  • Their events and programs were "placarded" or advertised to attract large audiences.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Each is placarded with the regime's cult of death: martyr portraits everywhere, almost always men killed in the 1980-88 Iraq War.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The organization plans to placard the city with posters promoting their upcoming charity event.

  • The artist will placard the gallery with information about the featured works this weekend.

Synonyms

to bill
vsto placard
  • UK
41 4.1

To advertise someone or something as the main act

display a sign or poster in public without aiming to promote

How Prominently

to placard
6.6
to post
  • Texting
∞ 1.9
to label
92 1.0

Surface Forms

placard infinitive
placarded past
placarded past participle
placarding present participle
placards third person singular

Etymology

Placard as a verb comes from the idea of putting up a placard ('notice' or 'poster'). That is why to placard something means to 'display' or 'post' a sign in a public place.