Advertise Advertising Advertised People Verb ˈædvətaɪz ˈædvərtaɪz Attract

• if you want to attract customers you need to advertise.
• to advertise on tv/online/on social media
• to advertise a product/service
• a glossy brochure advertising holidays in the maldives

advertise

Verb Forms

1. to tell the public about a product or a service in order to encourage people to buy or to use it
• If you want to attract customers you need to advertise.
• to advertise on TV/online/on social media
• to advertise a product/service
• a glossy brochure advertising holidays in the Maldives
• How to Advertise a Business for Free on the Internet
• I bought the camera and case as advertised in the catalogue.
• The cruise was advertised as the ‘journey of a lifetime’.

Extra Examples

• These products have been advertised very heavily.
• financial advisers advertising their services in the press
• If you aren't advertising this service already, it's something to consider.
2. to let people know that something is going to happen, or that a job is available by giving details about it in a newspaper, on a notice in a public place, on the internet, etc.
• SEE ALSO re-advertise
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/re-advertise
• Sellers pay upfront to advertise.
• We are currently advertising for a new sales manager.
• The best jobs are not always advertised in newspapers.
• Vacancies are usually advertised on our website.
• We advertised the concert quite widely.

Extra Examples

• We are advertising for a babysitter.
• There are plans to advertise the job nationally.
3. to show or tell something about yourself to other people
• SYNONYM publicize
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/publicize
• I wouldn't advertise the fact that you don't have a work permit.
• She coughed to advertise her presence.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Old French advertiss-, lengthened stem of advertir, from Latin advertere ‘turn towards’, from ad- ‘to’ + vertere ‘to turn’.The original sense was ‘turn one's attention to’, later ‘bring to someone's attention’.