word | commercial |
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definition | adjective Commercial means involving or relating to the buying and selling of goods. Docklands in its heyday was a major centre of industrial and commercial activity. Attacks were reported on police, vehicles and commercial premises. Commercial organizations and activities are concerned with making money or profits, rather than, for example, with scientific research or providing a public service. The NHS adopted a more commercial and businesslike financial framework. Conservationists are concerned over the effect of commercial exploitation of forests. Whether the project will be a commercial success is still uncertain. They abandoned the project, saying it was not commercially viable. Insulin is produced commercially from animals. Designers are becoming more commercially minded. A commercial product is made to be sold to the public. They are the leading manufacturer in both defence and commercial products. It was the first commercially available machine to employ artificial intelligence. A commercial vehicle is a vehicle used for carrying goods, or passengers who pay. Commercial vehicles, coaches and lorries are required by law to be fitted with tachographs. ...the fastest crossing of the Atlantic by a commercial passenger vessel. Commercial television and radio are paid for by the broadcasting of advertisements, rather than by the government. He got a job as a programme controller for the local commercial radio station. Commercial is used to describe something such as a film or a type of music that it is intended to be popular with the public, and is not very original or of high quality. There's a feeling among a lot of people that music has become too commercial. noun A commercial is an advertisement that is broadcast on television or radio. The government has launched a campaign of television commercials and leaflets. |
inflections | commercialscommerciallycommercially |
cefr-level | B1 |
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