3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

advertising

noun

1: a public promotion of some product or service [syn: {ad}, {advertisement}, {advertizement}, {advertizing}, {advert}]

2: the business of drawing public attention to goods and services [syn: {publicizing}]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Advertise \Ad'ver*tise"\ (?; 277), verb (used with an object) [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]

I will advertise thee what this people shall do. --Num. xxiv. 14.

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.

Syn: To apprise; inform; make known; notify; announce; proclaim; promulgate; publish.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

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]
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