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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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]


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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
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]