Definition of advertise Advertise

/æˈdvɚtajˌz/ - [atdvertayz] - ad•ver•tise

We found 8 definitions of advertise from 5 different sources.

What does advertise mean?

Verb advertises, advertising, advertised
advertise - make publicity for; try to sell (a product); "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops"
		advertize, promote, push
		praise express approval of; "The parents praised their children for their academic performance"
		propagandise, propagandize spread by propaganda
		plug insert as a plug; "She plugged a cork in the wine bottle"
		bill advertise especially by posters or placards; "He was billed as the greatest tenor since Caruso"
		crusade, campaign, fight, agitate, push, press go on a crusade; fight a holy war
advertise - call attention to; "Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS"
		publicize, advertize, publicise
		denote, announce have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' "
		headline publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline
		ballyhoo advertize noisily or blatantly

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advertise (v. t.)
To give notice to; to inform or apprise; to notify; to make known; hence, to warn; -- often followed by of before the subject of information; as, to advertise a man of his loss.
advertise (v. t.)
To give public notice of; to announce publicly, esp. by a printed notice; as, to advertise goods for sale, a lost article, the sailing day of a vessel, a political meeting.

advertise
Тo make known or popularize (e.g. a product) by announcement or publicity in a paper or journal or on TV.
advertise
To call attention to.

advertise
ad-vėrt-īz′, or ad′-, v.t. to turn one's attention to: to inform: to give public information or announcement of: (obs.) to instruct.—ns. Advert′isement, the act of advertising or making known: a public notice in a newspaper or periodical: notoriety: (obs.) news; Advertīs′er, one who advertises: a paper in which advertisements are published.—p.adj. Advertīs′ing (Shak.), attentive. [Fr., from L. See Advert.]