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ad·ver·tise·ment \ˌadvə(r)ˈtīzmənt also ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷; ədˈvər]d.ə̇z-, ad-, -və̄], -vəi], -]tə̇-, -ə̇s-\ noun also ad·ver·tize·ment \“\ (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French avertissement, advertissement, from avertiss-, advertiss- + -ment 1. : the action of advertising : a calling attention to or making known: as a. obsolete : warning, admonition b. obsolete : an informing or notifying : notification c. : a calling to public attention : publicity < the limitations we have imposed will receive wide advertisement in other parts of colonial Asia — Atlantic > < an unwarranted amount of advertisement for an unattractive group — W.E.Swinton > 2. a. archaic : a statement calling attention to something : notice < the publisher's advertisement to the reader > b. : a public notice; especially : a paid notice or announcement published in some public print (as a newspaper, periodical, poster, or handbill) or broadcast over radio or television < a full-page advertisement > < the classified advertisements > — compare commercial |