Advertising is the activity of creating advertisements and making sure people see them.
Synonyms: promotion, marketing, plugging [informal], hype More Synonyms of advertising
advertising in British English
or sometimes US advertizing (ˈædvəˌtaɪzɪŋ)
noun
1.
the promotion of goods or services for sale through impersonal media, such as radio or television
2.
the business that specializes in creating such publicity
3.
advertisements collectively; publicity
advertising in American English
(ˈædvərˌtaɪzɪŋ)
noun
1.
printed or broadcast matter that advertises; advertisements collectively
2.
the business or occupation of preparing and issuing advertisements
Examples of 'advertising' in a sentence
advertising
Advertising agency services are an industrial supply.
Tom Cannon Basic Marketing. Principles and Practice (1986)
Advertising executives in particular are inclined to slight public relations.
Al Ries and Laura Ries THE 22 IMMUTABLE LAWS OF BRANDING (2002)
Advertising executives were flocking to athletes and agencies were following the Woods paradigm to the tee.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Advertising account executives must be green with envy; fundraisers must be tearing their hair.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Quotations
You can fool all the people all the time if the advertising is right and the budget is big enoughJoseph E. Levine
Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisementSamuel Johnson
Advertising is the greatest art form of the twentieth centuryMarshall McLuhanInterview in Advertising Age
In other languages
advertising
British English: advertising /ˈædvəˌtaɪzɪŋ/ NOUN
Advertising is the business activity of encouraging people to buy products, go to events, or apply for jobs.
...a ban on tobacco advertising.
American English: advertising
Arabic: إِعْلان
Brazilian Portuguese: publicidade
Chinese: 广告
Croatian: oglašavanje
Czech: inzerce
Danish: reklame
Dutch: reclame
European Spanish: publicidad comercialización
Finnish: mainonta
French: publicité métier
German: Werbung
Greek: διαφήμιση επάγγελμα
Italian: promozione
Japanese: 広告すること
Korean: 광고
Norwegian: reklame
Polish: reklama
European Portuguese: publicidade
Romanian: publicitate
Russian: рекламная деятельность
Latin American Spanish: publicidad
Swedish: reklam
Thai: ธุรกิจโฆษณา
Turkish: reklam yapma
Ukrainian: реклама
Vietnamese: việc quảng cáo
All related terms of 'advertising'
advertise
If you advertise something such as a product, an event, or a job , you tell people about it online , in newspapers, on television, or on posters in order to encourage them to buy the product, go to the event, or apply for the job.
advertising man
adman (sense 1 )
advertising agency
An advertising agency is a company whose business is to create advertisements for other companies or organizations.
advertising income
A person's or organization's income is the money that they earn or receive, as opposed to the money that they have to spend or pay out.
advertising campaign
An advertising campaign is a planned series of advertisements .
classified advertising
advertising compactly arranged , as in newspaper columns , according to subject, under such listings as help wanted and lost and found
contextual advertising
a form of targeted advertising used on websites or other media, such as content displayed in mobile browsers
display advertising
advertising designed to attract attention by using devices such as conspicuous or elegant typefaces , graphics , etc
reminder advertising
a type of advertising designed to remind customers that an existing or well-known product is still available and for sale
subliminal advertising
a form of advertising on film or television that employs subliminal images to influence the viewer unconsciously
comparative advertising
a form of advertising in which a product is compared favourably with similar products on the market
endorsement advertising
the practice of saying that you approve of a company or product by appearing in advertisements for it
over-advertise
to advertise too much
Advertising Standards Authority
an independent UK body set up by the advertising industry to ensure that all advertisements comply with the British Code of Advertising Practice
below-the-line advertising
the use of sales promotions, direct marketing , in-store exhibitions and displays, trade shows, sponsorship and merchandising that do not involve an advertising agency
Chinese translation of 'advertising'
advertising
(ˈædvətaɪzɪŋ)
n(u)
(= advertisements) 广(廣)告 (guǎnggào)
(= industry) 广(廣)告业(業) (guǎnggàoyè)
advertise
(ˈædvətaɪz)
vi
(in newspaper, on television etc) 做广(廣)告 (zuò guǎnggào)
to advertise for sth/sb[staff, accommodation]登广(廣)告征(徵)求某物/某人 (dēng guǎnggào zhēngqiú mǒuwù/mǒurén)
(noun)
money from advertising and sponsorship
Synonyms
promotion
The company spent a lot of money on advertising and promotion.
marketing
plugging (informal)
hype
There was a lot of hype before the film came out.
publicizing
pushing (informal)
Quotations
You can fool all the people all the time if the advertising is right and the budget is big enough [Joseph E. Levine]Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement [Samuel Johnson]Advertising is the greatest art form of the twentieth century [Marshall McLuhan – Interview in Advertising Age]
Additional synonyms
in the sense of hype
Definition
intensive or exaggerated publicity or sales promotion