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advertise

verb
/ˈædvə(ɹ)taɪz/UK/ˈædvɚtaɪz/US

Etymology

From Middle English advertisen, from Anglo-Norman advertir (“to inform”), avertir, Middle French advertir, avertir (“to warn, give notice to”), with the French -iss- infix assimilated to -ise, -ize and probably influenced by the noun advertisement. Compare also advert.

  1. derived from advertir
  2. derived from advertir
  3. inherited from advertisen

Definitions

  1. To give (especially public) notice of (something)

    To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly.

  2. 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.

  3. To provide public information about (a product, service etc.) in order to attract public…

    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.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To notify (someone) of something

      To notify (someone) of something; to call someone's attention to something.

    2. In gin rummy, to discard a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent…

      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.

      • 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.

The neighborhood

  • synonympublishgive public notice; uncommon use

Derived

ad, advert, advertisable, advertisee, advertisement, advertiser, advertisey, advertising, it pays to advertise, nonadvertised, outadvertise, overadvertise, preadvertise, readvertise, self-advertise, spamvertise, unadvertised, underadvertisedadvertisable

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at advertise. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at advertise. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at advertise

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA