| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ad·ver·tise |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   d v r-t z |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: ad·ver·tised, ad·ver·tis·ing, ad·ver·tis·es
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To make public announcement of, especially to proclaim the qualities or advantages of (a product or business) so as to increase sales. See synonyms at announce. 2. To make known; call attention to: advertised my intention to resign. 3. To warn or notify: “This event advertises me that there is such a fact as death” (Henry David Thoreau). | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To call the attention of the public to a product or business. 2. To inquire or seek in a public notice, as in a newspaper: advertise for an apartment. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English advertisen, to notify, from Old French advertir, advertiss-, to notice. See advert1. | | OTHER FORMS: | adver·tiser —NOUN
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