advertisement
noun /ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt/
/ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt/
- [countable](also informal ad)(also British English, informal advert)a notice, picture or film telling people about a product, job or service
- a newspaper/television advertisement
- an online advertisement
- You can place an advertisement on a classifieds website.
- advertisement for something Television and radio refused to carry advertisements for the album.
Synonyms advertisementadvertisement- publicity
- ad
- commercial
- promotion
- trailer
- advertisement a notice, picture or film telling people about a product, job or service; an example of something that shows its good qualities; the act of advertising something and making it public:
- They ran advertisements on TV and on social media.
- Dirty streets are no advertisement for a prosperous society.
- publicity [U] the business of attracting the attention of the public to somebody/something such as a company, book, film, film star or product; the things that are done to attract attention:
- She works in publicity.
- There has been a lot of advance publicity for her new film.
- ad, advert (informal) a notice, picture or film telling people about a product, job or service:
- We put an ad on that website.
- an ad for a new chocolate bar
- commercial an advertisement on television or on the radio.
- promotion a set of advertisements for a particular product or service; activities done in order to increase the sales of a product or service:
- a special promotion of local products
- She works in sales and promotion.
- trailer (especially British English) a series of short scenes from a film or television programme, shown in advance to advertise it.
- (a/an) advertisement/publicity/ad/commercial/promotion/trailer for something
- a TV/television/radio/cinema advertisement/ad/commercial/promotion
- an online/internet advertisement/ad/commercial/promotion
- to run/show a(n) advertisement/ad/commercial/trailer
Extra ExamplesTopics TV, radio and newsa2, Businessa2- We placed advertisements in a number of national newspapers.
- She ran a full-page advertisement on the back page of the newspaper.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- discreet
- misleading
- …
- place
- put
- take out
- …
- appear
- say something
- show something
- …
- in a/the advertisement
- advertisement for
- [countable] (British English also advert)advertisement for something an example of something that shows its good qualities
- Dirty streets and homelessness are no advertisement for a prosperous society.
- He's a walking advertisement for healthy living.
- [uncountable] the act of advertising something and making it public
- We are employing an assistant to help with the advertisement of the group’s activities.
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a statement calling attention to something): from Old French advertissement, from the verb advertir from Latin advertere ‘turn towards’, from ad- ‘to’ + vertere ‘to turn’.The original sense was ‘turn one's attention to’, later ‘bring to someone's attention’.