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US
/ˈædvɝt/
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VERB
-
make a more or less disguised reference to
He alluded to the problem but did not mention it -
give heed (to)
The children in the audience attended the recital quietly
They attended to everything he said
She hung on his every word -
make reference to
His name was mentioned in connection with the invention
NOUN
- a public promotion of some product or service
How To Use advert In A Sentence
- She was a slim blonde girl in her twenties who might have stepped out of a fashion advertisement in a women's magazine.
- Of these the Norfolk Democrat and Suffolk Punch, both printed and carrying advertisements, were particularly impressive.
- One day a chinovnik brought us an advertisement as you have done. Taras Bulba and Other Tales
- The blogosphere, meanwhile, is beginning to show signs of commercial acumen: "Lots of bloggers, over time, make a good living – perhaps a couple of hundred thousand dollars a year from advertising. Author Don Tapscott on the growing influence of public participation
- Advertisers pretending to be private individuals will be liable to prosecution.
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- Photographs of Ayesha were appearing in all the papers, and the pilgrims even passed advertising hoardings on which the lepidopteral beauty had been painted three times as large as life, beside slogans reading _Our cloths also are as delicate as a butterfly's wing_, or suchlike. The Satanic Verses
- Recent innovations include plasma screens, interactive terminals and systems allowing advertisements to be displayed on a precise day at a precise time. TOP MARKETING AND MEDIA COMPANIES IN THE UK
- The classified advertisements are on page 25.
- So he has no plans to plaster the Colosseum with advertisements for his goods? Times, Sunday Times
