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Meaning of 'advertise' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . 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.
- 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.

Meaning of 'advertise' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . advertise [ v]
Meaning (1):
- call attention to
Example in sentence:
  • Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS
Meaning (2):
- make publicity for; try to sell (a product)
Example in sentence:
  • The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops;
  • The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model

Nearby Words:

advance advanced advancement advancer advancing advancive advantage advantageable advantaged advantageous

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