advertise

(ăd'vər-tīz')

v., -tised, -tis·ing, -tis·es.

v.tr.

1. 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.
2. To make known; call attention to: advertised my intention to resign.
3. To warn or notify: "This event advertises me that there is such a fact as death" (Henry David Thoreau).

v.intr.

1. To call the attention of the public to a product or business.
2. To inquire or seek in a public notice, as in a newspaper: advertise for an apartment.

[Middle English advertisen, to notify, from Old French advertir, advertiss-, to notice. See advert¹.]

advertiser ad'ver·tis'er n.

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Appeal to a mass audience through the communications media for the purpose of calling attention to a product, service, idea, or organization so as to arouse a desire to purchase or patronize, to give information or to modify the thinking about, to promote the concept of, to motivate behavior toward, or otherwise to persuade the general public to buy, approve, or support the product, service, idea, or organization. See also advertisement; advertising agency; commercial.

verb

1. To make (information) generally known: blaze, blazon, broadcast, bruit, circulate, disseminate, noise, promulgate, propagate, spread. Idioms: spread far and wide, spread the word. See knowledge/ignorance.
2. To make known vigorously the positive features of (a product): ballyhoo, build up, cry (up), popularize, promote, publicize, talk up. Informal pitch, plug. Slang push. See knowledge/ignorance.
3. To bring to public notice or make known publicly: announce, annunciate, broadcast, declare, proclaim, promulgate, publish. See knowledge/ignorance, words.

v

Definition: publicize selling or something desired
Antonyms: hide, keep secret

IN BRIEF: adj. - Called to public attention.

Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones. — Susan B. Anthony

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as in: publicize or a commercial
sign description: Both S-hands, the outer one makes a repeated sliding motion away from the body.

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See words rhyming with "advertise."

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - reklamere, reklamere for, annoncere
v. intr. - avertere efter, søge

Nederlands (Dutch)
adverteren, bekendmaken, inlichten

Français (French)
v. tr. - (Comm) faire de la publicité, mettre/insérer une annonce, afficher
v. intr. - (Comm) faire de la publicité, faire paraître une annonce

Deutsch (German)
v. - werben, bekanntmachen, inserieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - διαφημίζω, ρεκλαμάρω, γνωστοποιώ με αγγελία, δημοσιεύω αγγελία, διακηρύσσω, διατυμπανίζω

Italiano (Italian)
pubblicizzare, notificare, mettere un annuncio, un'inserzione

idioms:

• advertise for    fare pubblicità per

Português (Portuguese)
v. - noticiar, fazer publicidade

idioms:

• advertise for    colocar anúncio procurando por, procurar por meio de anúncio

Русский (Russian)
помещать объявление, объявлять, пропагандировать

idioms:

• advertise for    давать объявление о

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - publicar, divulgar, notificar, anunciar, dar a conocer, hacer publicidad
v. intr. - darse a conocer

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - annonsera, tillkännage

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
通知, 做广告, 作宣传

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 通知, 做廣告
v. intr. - 作宣傳, 做廣告

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 광고하다, 통고하다
v. intr. - 광고를 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 広告する, 正式に公表する, 公示する, 広告を出す

idioms:

• advertise for    広告をする, 宣伝をする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يعلن, يعلم, يحيطه علما‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮פרסם (מודעה), הודיע, הכריז‬
v. intr. - ‮חיפש באמצעות הודעה, בעיקר בעיתון‬

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