advertisement

(ăd'vər-tīz'mənt, ăd-vûr'tĭs-, -tĭz-)
n.

1. The act of advertising.
2. A notice, such as a poster or a paid announcement in the print, broadcast, or electronic media, designed to attract public attention or patronage.

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is pronounced with the main stress on the second syllable in RP, but often on the third syllable (ad-vǝ-tiyz-mǝnt) in many regional varieties of English.

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Sponsored informational public notice appearing in any of the print communications media that is designed to appeal to a mass audience in order to persuade, inform, promote, motivate, or otherwise modify behavior toward a favorable pattern of purchasing, supporting, or approving a particular product, service, idea, or organization. When the advertiser's message appears in the broadcast media, it is called a commercial. The first advertisement on record in an American newspaper appeared in the Boston News Letter on May 8, 1704. It described an estate for sale in Oyster Bay, Long Island.

noun

A systematic effort or part of this effort to increase the importance or reputation of by favorable publicity: ballyhoo, buildup, promotion, publicity, puffery. Informal pitch, plug. Slang hype. See knowledge/ignorance.

IN BRIEF: A notice or announcement that makes something known to the public.

After seeing too many advertisements, she turned off the TV.

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Seeing or hearing an advertisement in a dream could mean that one's unconscious mind is attempting to communicate with the conscious mind. Alternatively, perhaps one wishes either to attract the attention of others or to communicate something about oneself to others.

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For a list of words related to advertisement, see:

• Advertising - advertisement: paid public announcement describing something for sale

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Common misspelling(s) of advertisement

• advertisment

Dansk (Danish)
n. - annonce, reklame

Nederlands (Dutch)
advertentie, reclame

Français (French)
n. - (Comm) réclame, publicité, spot publicitaire, annonce, (fig) annonce

Deutsch (German)
n. - Anzeige, Reklame

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - διαφήμιση, ρεκλάμα, αγγελία, γνωστοποίηση, κοινοποίηση

Italiano (Italian)
annuncio pubblicitario, inserzione, annuncio, pubblicità

Português (Portuguese)
n. - anúncio (m), publicidade (f)

Русский (Russian)
объявление, реклама, рекламное дело

Español (Spanish)
n. - aviso, anuncio, publicidad, propaganda

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - annons, annonsering

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
宣传, 广告, 启事, 公告

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 宣傳, 廣告, 啟事, 公告

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 광고

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 広告

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) إعلان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פרסומת, מודעה, פרסום‬

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