Meaning of ADVERTISEMENT
| Pronunciation: | | `advur'tIzmunt
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| | Definition: | | [n] a public promotion of some product or service |
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| | Synonyms: | | ad, advert, advertising, advertizement, advertizing |
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| | See Also: | | advertorial, bill, broadsheet, broadside, circular, commercial, commercial message, direct mail, flier, flyer, handbill, mailer, newspaper ad, newspaper advertisement, packaging, preview, prevue, promotion, promotional material, publicity, teaser, throwaway, top billing, trailer | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ad*ver"tise*ment\ ([a^]d*v[~e]r"t[i^]z*ment or
[a^]d`v[~e]r*t[imac]z"ment; 277), n. [F. avertisement,
formerly also spelled advertissement, a warning, giving
notice, fr. avertir.]
1. The act of informing or notifying; notification. [Archaic]
An advertisement of danger. --Bp. Burnet.
2. Admonition; advice; warning. [Obs.]
Therefore give me no counsel: My griefs cry louder
than advertisement. --Shak.
3. A public notice, especially a paid notice in some public
print; anything that advertises; as, a newspaper
containing many advertisements.
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| | Related Terms: | | ad, advert, advertising, announcement, ballyhoo, bill, blurb, broadcast, broadside, brochure, circular, classified, commercial, handbill, hype, notice, placard, plug, poster, proclamation, promotion, promulgation, pronouncement, pronunciamento, propaganda, publication, publicity, puffery, spot announcement |
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