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• put an advertisement in the local paper to sell your car.
• put an advertisement in the local paper to sell your car.
• dirty streets are no advertisement for a prosperous society.
• she works in publicity.

advertisement

1. a notice, picture or film telling people about a product, job or service
• see also classified advertisements
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• Put an advertisement in the local paper to sell your car.
• Put an advertisement in the local paper to sell your car.
• Dirty streets are no advertisement for a prosperous society.
• She works in publicity.
• There has been a lot of advance publicity for her new film.
• We put an ad in the local paper.
• an ad for a new chocolate bar
• a special promotion of local products
• She works in sales and promotion.
2. an example of something that shows its good qualities
• Dirty streets and homelessness are no advertisement for a prosperous society.
3. the act of advertising something and making it public
• We are employing an assistant to help with the advertisement of the group’s activities.

Extra Examples

• He’s a walking advertisement for healthy living.
• Television and radio refused to carry advertisements for the album.
• The classified advertisements are on page 25.
• We placed advertisements in a number of national newspapers.
• We are employing an assistant to help with the advertisement of the group’s activities.

Word Origin

• late Middle English (denoting a statement calling attention to something): from Old French advertissement, from the verb 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’.