[syn: advertising, publicizing]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
advertising \advertising\ n.
1. a communication publicly promoting some product or
service.
Syn: ad, advertisement, advert
[WordNet 1.5]
2. 1 the business of advertising; the activity engaged in by
professional publicists for pay.
Syn: advertizing, publicizing, the advertising profession,
the advertising industry
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Advertise \Ad`ver*tise"\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Advertised; p. pr. & vb. n. Advertising.] [F. avertir,
formerly also spelt advertir, to warn, give notice to, L.
advertere to turn to. The ending was probably influenced by
the noun advertisement. See Advert.]
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.
[Archaic]
[1913 Webster]
I will advertise thee what this people shall do. --Num.
xxiv. 14.
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4. 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.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: To apprise; inform; make known; notify; announce;
proclaim; promulgate; publish.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
advertising
n 1: a public promotion of some product or service [syn: ad,
advertisement, advertizement, advertising,
advertizing, advert]
2: the business of drawing public attention to goods and
services [syn: advertising, publicizing]