advertise
/ˈædvɚˌtaɪ̯z/ verb B1- To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly.
- To provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others. · For personal needs, advertise on the internet or in a local newspaper.
- To provide public information about (a product, service etc.) in order to attract public awareness and increase sales. · Over the air, they advertise their product on drive-time radio talk shows and TV news shows.
- In gin rummy, to discard a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it.
He/she/it advertises · Past advertised · Past participle advertised · -ing form advertising
Verb forms
- Base form
- advertise
- He/she/it
- advertises
- Past
- advertised
- Past participle
- advertised
- -ing form
- advertising
From the library
“Then again, if a woman and her lover conspire to murder a husband, are they going to advertise their guilt by ostentatiously removing his wedding ring after his death?
I should have thought, sir, that your obvious way was to advertise in the agony columns of the papers."
de Saint-Méran advertised it for sale two or three years ago.”
Unfortunately, these well-intentioned establishments often struggle to compete with their traditional competitors who continuously advertise deceptively lower menu prices.
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