want ad
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2.9
- noun
- /ˈwɑnt æd/
- US
:
anuncio clasificado
- If you look in most newspapers' want ads, you will see ads from couples who desperately want to adopt.
- help-wanted ad
- want ads in the newspaper
- answer the want ad
So I got out the Waukesha Free Women and I started looking in the want ad section where jobs were being advertised.
- So I got out the Waukesha Free Women and I started looking in the want ad section where jobs were being advertised.
- 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.
- Overwhelmingly when we look at say, sexual want ads in newspapers, it's decreasing now because of the Internet.
- You could literally walk down the street or go through the want ads and just circle them and find job after job after job like this.
Examples
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I was sipping coffee and browsing the "Heavy Industrial" section of the want ads on Sunday when I saw an ad for "Die Repair Trainee."
Fiction book (1993) -
I should be looking in the want ads for a job.
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Put a want ad in the paper.
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Would you like to add this to the want ads?
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See anything in the want ads?
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I flip through the paper to the want ads.
Fiction book (2000) -
Now that I'm broke, I'd better start checking the want ads for a job.
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You hired me from a want ad in the Dakota Penny Ledger.
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At her house, I looked in the want ads and saw that TWA was hiring stewardesses.
Fiction book (1992) -
I found a new job by checking the want ad section of the local newspaper.
Synonyms
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1.0
A short message that tries to get people to buy something or support an idea
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2.2
A paid message that tells people about a product or service
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1.8
A message, like on TV or a poster, that tries to make people buy something
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4.1
A small ad in a newspaper that offers things for sale or looks for people
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2.2
A short message that tells people about a product, service, or event
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1.0
A short message printed in a newspaper that tells people about things for sale or jobs
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2.3
A short notice in a newspaper or magazine where people sell items and offer services
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1.4
A printed message in a newspaper that tells people about jobs or things for sale
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3.0
A small notice in a newspaper section that offers things or jobs
A short notice that offers something for sale in newspapers or online
A public message that tries to sell a product or service
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an advertisement stating something that is wanted' is directly derivable from combining 'want' (a desire or something sought) with 'ad' (advertisement); a learner who knows both constituents can infer it denotes an advertisement seeking or offering something. This clipped compound follows a common and compositional pattern (akin to 'wanted ad') and is cross-linguistically transparent, so it should be understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
The phrase want ad comes from old newspapers where people put short notices about things they needed. The name mixes want (what someone 'wants') and ad (short for 'advertisement'), so a want ad is a small ad saying someone is looking for or offering a job, item, or service.