advert1 nounadvert2 verb
advertad‧vert1 /ˈædvɜːt $ -ɜːrt/ ●●○ S3 noun [countable] 
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Thesaurus- And a dream come true ... The advert for grandparents that came up trumps.
- Corporate adverts, of course, present no such dangers.
- He did not even think of checking the job adverts, as he believed that his contacts would help him more.
- Look through the classified adverts and nearly every classic car you see has been totally restored.
- Many adverts are specifically aimed at women, supposedly because they do most of the shopping.
- There was one advert for Boots No. 7 make-up and I thought it was great.
- They will kill traditional brand imagery as used in adverts by doing the buying and selling.
- We are now in a position to ask whether one type of advert typically uses one type of metaphor.
THESAURUS► advertisement
Collocations · an advertisement for shampoo· They placed an advertisement in the newspaper.
► ad informal an advertisement: · She’s been in several TV ads.
► advert British English an advertisement: · a job advert· He took out a front-page advert for his shop.
► commercial an advertisement on television or radio: · television commercials· He was in some commercials for beer.
► trailer an advertisement in the cinema, on television, or online for a film or programme which will be shown soon: · A second trailer for Richard Friedman’s film has just been added to the website.
► promotion a series of advertisements for a company’s products: · The company has spent more than $300 million on promotions for the brand.
► poster an advertisement on a wall: · They selected a famous artist to do the poster for the upcoming performance.
► billboard (also hoarding British English) a large sign next to a road, with an advertisement on it: · billboard advertisements· A huge hoarding shows two contrasting images.
► flyer a piece of paper with an advertisement on it, often given to you in the street: · Someone was handing out flyers for a new nightclub.
► banner ad an advertisement across the top of a page on the Internet: · Banner ads are becoming more sophisticated.
► junk mail unwanted advertisements that you get in the post: · I never read junk mail.
► spam unwanted emails advertising things: · I’m trying to delete all the spam.
► classified ad (also want ad American English, small ad British English) a short advertisement that you put in a newspaper if you want to buy or sell something: · The bike was advertised for sale in the small ads section.
WORD SETS► Advertising & MarketingABC1, nounabove the line, adjectiveadoption curve, advert, nounadvertise, verbadvertisement, nounadvertising agency, nounaffiliate marketing, aftermarket, nounAIDA, nounair time, announcement, nounaudience research, Audit Bureau of Circulation, nounbait-and-switch, adjectiveBDI, below the line, adjectivebillboard, nounblind test, brand extension, nounbrand extension strategy, brand stretching, nounBritish Rate and Data, nounbusiness gift, business-to-business advertising, button ad, nounbuying decision, nounbuying habits, nounC2DE, nouncannibalization, nouncanvassing, nouncareline, nouncategory killer, nounCLV, cognitive dissonance, nouncolumn-inch, nounComdex, nouncommodity product, competitive intelligence, nouncompetitive strategy, concept testing, nounconsumer behaviour, consumer panel, consumer resistance, conversion rate, copy testing, nouncopywriter, nouncore competence, cost-per-click, nouncost per impression, nouncost per thousand, nounCPC, creative brief, creative director, cross promotion, customer-centric, adjectivecustomer loyalty, customer profile, customer profiling, customer research, dealer aids, noundemand curve, derisk, verbdirect-to-consumer advertising, drip method, noun-driven, suffixelectronic point of sale, empty nesters, nounendorse, verbendorser, nounend-to-end, adjectiveevent management, field research, first mover, nounfirst-mover advantage, flyer, noungimmick, nounhalo effect, high end, nounhoarding, nounHouse of Quality, nounincome group, island display, jingle, nounknocking copy, last-mover advantage, lead user, line extension, nounline stretching, nounmailing list, nounmailshot, nounmakegood, nounmarket-oriented, adjectiveMarlboro Friday, nounmerchandiser, nounmotivational research, nicher, nounnichist, nounonline catalogue, o.n.o., opinion leader, nounopportunities to see, nounpack shot, nounpeople meter, positioning, nounposter, nounPR, nounpress agent, nounpress communications, press kit, price-insensitive, adjectiveprice-sensitive, adjectiveprint advertising, private-label, adjectiveproblem child, nounproduct differentiation, product parity, promo, nounpromote, verbpromotion, nounpromotional, adjectiveprospectus, nounpublicist, nounpublicity, nounpublicize, verbpublic relations, nounpulsing, nounpush, verbrebrand, verbreference group, remarket, verbreposition, verbsaleable, adjectivesales analysis, sales channel, sales engineer, sales incentive, sales resistance, sandwich board, nounsecond-mover advantage, selling point, nounsell-through, adjectivesoft sell, nounspiff, nounsplit run, nounspot colour, nounSRDS, stage-gate, adjectiveStandard Rate and Data Service, nounstealth marketing, target buyer, target customer, Target Group Index, nountarget market, telemarketing, nountelephone interviewing, nountradename, noununique visitor, noununit sales, want ad, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► job
British English an advertisement· He did not even think of checking the job adverts, as he believed that his contacts would help him more.· It emerged that two versions of the job advert existed, the second offering the job at £29.50 for a 40-hour week.· A recent job advert for travel representatives abroad asked for language skills and included signing in the list of useful languages.· Discover these by careful scanning of job adverts in local and regional papers, at job centres and recruitment agencies.· The women answer job adverts in local newspapers in the poorer, usually rural, areas of their homelands.
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advert1 nounadvert2 verb
advertad‧vert2 /ədˈvɜːt $ -ɜːrt/ verb Word OriginWORD ORIGINadvert
Verb TableOrigin:
1400-1500 Early French advertir, from Latin advertere, from ad- ‘to’ + vertere ‘to turn’VERB TABLE
advert
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | advert |
| he, she, it | adverts | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | adverted |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have adverted |
| he, she, it | has adverted | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had adverted |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will advert |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have adverted |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am adverting |
| he, she, it | is adverting | |
| you, we, they | are adverting | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was adverting |
| you, we, they | were adverting | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been adverting |
| he, she, it | has been adverting | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been adverting |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be adverting |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been adverting |
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
advert to something phrasal verb formal to mention something- This statement represents the old doctrine in regard to obtaining property by false pretences, to which I shall advert presently.