Advertise Definition
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English
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Etymology
French avertir (“to warn, give notice to”), formerly also spelled advertir, Latin advertere (“to turn to”). The ending was probably influenced by the noun advertisement. See advert.
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to advertise (third-person singular simple present advertises, present participle advertising, simple past and past participle advertised)
- (transitive) To give public notice of; to announce publicly; as to advertise goods for sale, a lost article, the sailing day of a vessel, a political meeting.
- (transitive) To provide information about in communications media, especially about goods or services for sale.
- (intransitive) To provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others.
- It pays to advertise.
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