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- /ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt/ UK
- /ˈædvəˌtaɪzmənt/ UK
- /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzmənt/ US
- /ˌædvɚˈtaɪzmənt/ US
- /ədˈvɝtɪzmənt/ US
- /ədˈvøːtəsmənt/ New Zealand
- /ˈɛdvəˌtaɪzmənt/ New Zealand
- /ˈædvəˌtɪzmənt/ Singapore
- /ʔɐd.vəɹˈtaɪs.mɛnt/ Philippines
- /ʔɐdˈvəɹ.tis.mɛnt/ Philippines
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *wert-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *-etor
Proto-Indo-European *wértetor
Proto-Italic *wertō
Latin vertō
Latin advertō
Old French avertir
Middle French advertir
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Old French -ment
Middle French -ment
Middle French advertissementbor.
English advertisement
From Middle French advertissement (“statement calling attention”), compare French avertissement (“warning”). See advertise. Equivalent to advertise + -ment.
noun advertisements · advertizement
- A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar. Companies try to sell their products using advertisements in form of placards, television spots and print publications.
- A public notice. The city council placed an advertisement in the local newspaper to inform its residents of the forthcoming roadworks.
- A recommendation of a particular product, service or person. The good manners and intelligence of the students are an advertisement for the school.
- Notoriety.
- In gin rummy, the discarding of a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it. The safest time to answer a possible advertisement is when you have no indication as to what suit your opponent wants. Then even if he has advertised, the odds are that your answer is not the card he is looking for.
- A preface.
