ad·ver·tis·ing
(ăd́vər-tī́zĭng)
noun
- The activity of attracting public attention to a product or business, as by paid announcements in the print, broadcast, or electronic media.
- The business of designing and writing advertisements.
- Advertisements considered as a group: This paper takes no advertising.
ad·ver·tise
(ăd́vər-tīź)
[Middle English advertisen, to notify, from Old French advertir, advertiss-, to notice; see advert1.]
verb: -tised, -tis·ing, -tis·es.
transitive verb
- To make public announcement of, especially to proclaim the qualities or advantages of (a product or business) so as to increase sales. See synonyms at announce
- To make known; call attention to: advertised my intention to resign.
- To warn or notify: “This event advertises me that there is such a fact as death” (Henry David Thoreau)
intransitive verb
- To call the attention of the public to a product or business.
- To inquire or seek in a public notice, as in a newspaper: advertise for an apartment.
derivatives
- ad́ver·tiśer
- noun
