advert
Noun · VerbUS[ad-vert]/ˈædvɚt/2 syllables
Synonyms:
adadvertisementadvertizementadvertisingadvertizingattendhangpay heedgive earalludetouchmention
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)adverts
- a public promotion of some product or serviceSynonyms: adadvertisementadvertizementadvertisingadvertizingType of promotion, promoKinds commercial, circular, direct mail, teaser, newspaper ad, preview, mailer, top billing, advertorial, button ad
Verb (3)adverts, adverted, adverting
- give heed (to)“The children in the audience attended the recital quietly”“She hung on his every word”“They attended to everything he said”Synonyms: attendhangpay heedgive earMore general listenMore specific fixate
- make a more or less disguised reference to“He alluded to the problem but did not mention it”Synonyms: alludetouchMore general hint, suggestInvolves denote, referSimilar refer, pertain
- make reference to“he was named in connection with the invention”Synonyms: mentionbring upcitenamereferMore general think of, have in mindMore specific invoke, touch on, cross-refer, remember, namedrop, speak of the devil, raise, commend, drag up, quote
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Translations
Noun An advertisement, an ad
- Spanish
- anuncio
- French
- annonce
- German
- Werbung
- Italian
- annuncio
- Portuguese
- anúncio
- Turkish
- ilan
- Russian
- рекла́ма rekláma
- Arabic
- إِعْلَان ʔiʕlān
- Chinese
- 广告 guǎnggào
- Japanese
- 広告 kōkoku
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ad·vert′ (…), intransitive verb [past tense & past participle Adverted; present participle & verbal noun Adverting.]
Origin: L. advertere, v. t., to turn to; ad + vertere to turn: cf. F. avertir. See Advertise.
To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; — with to; as, he adverted to what was said.
I may again advert to the distinction.— Richard Owen
Synonyms: - To refer; allude; regard. See Refer.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54