Advertise

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  • intransitive verb. To make public announcement of, especially to proclaim the qualities or advantages of (a product or business) so as to increase sales. synonym: announce.
  • intransitive verb. To make known; call attention to.
  • intransitive verb. To warn or notify.
  • intransitive verb. To call the attention of the public to a product or business.
  • intransitive verb. To inquire or seek in a public notice, as in a newspaper.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To take note of; notice; observe.
  • To inform; give notice, advice, or intelligence to, whether of a past or present event, or of something future: as, I advertised him of my intention.
  • To give information to the public concerning; make public intimation or announcement of, by publication in periodicals, by printed bills, etc., as of anything for sale, lost or found, a meeting, an entertainment, or the like.
  • Synonyms To apprise, inform.
  • To make known, announce, proclaim, promulgate, publish.
  • To take note; take heed; consider.
  • To make public announcement of anything of which it is desired to inform the public; announce one's wishes or intentions by advertisement: as, to advertise for something that is wanted.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To give notice to; to inform or apprise; to notify; to make known; hence, to warn; -- often followed by of before the subject of information.
  • transitive verb. To give public notice of; to announce publicly, esp. by a printed notice.
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  • verb. call attention to
  • verb. make publicity for; try to sell (a product)
  • Word Usage
    ""Well, you could say I no longer feel the need to advertise the fact," I recall her saying, in so many words which, by the way, was the first use of the word "advertise" in this sense, which made an impression on me and has stayed with me still."
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