Publicity Lot Pʌbˈlɪsəti Amid Blaze Works Surrounding Trial

• good/bad/adverse publicity
• there has been a great deal of publicity surrounding his disappearance.
• the trial took place amid a blaze of (= a lot of) publicity.
• she works in publicity.

publicity

1. the attention that is given to somebody/something by newspapers, television, etc.
• good/bad/adverse publicity
• There has been a great deal of publicity surrounding his disappearance.
• The trial took place amid a blaze of (= a lot of) publicity.
2. the business of attracting the attention of the public to something/somebody; the things that are done to attract attention
• She works in publicity.
• There has been a lot of advance publicity for her new film.
• publicity material
• a publicity campaign
• The band dressed up as the Beatles as a publicity stunt.
• He’s in charge of the publicity for next year’s festival.
• 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.

Extra Examples

• He’s better-looking in his publicity shots than he is in real life.
• I read some publicity about vaccinations while waiting my turn at the doctor’s.
• Taking part in the event will be good publicity for our school.
• The actress denied that her marriage was just a publicity stunt.
• The chairman resigned amid a storm of publicity over the bonus payments.
• The company had received bad publicity over a defective product.
• The film stars were married in a blaze of publicity.
• The papers have begun to give greater publicity to the campaign against GM food.
• The record company’s publicity machine was working flat out.
• The release of the report was timed to generate maximum publicity.
• There has been a lot of negative publicity about the hospital.
• There have been months of advance publicity for the show.
• There was a lot of negative publicity surrounding the film.
• The band dressed up as the Beatles as a publicity stunt.
• The trial took place amid a blaze of publicity.
• a publicity campaign

Word Origin

• late 18th cent.: from French publicité, from public ‘public’, from Latin publicus, blend of poplicus ‘of the people’ (from populus ‘people’) and pubes ‘adult’.