Meaning

5 senses

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

    ankündigen, annoncieren

    объявля́тьobʺjavljátʹ, информи́рова́тьinformírovátʹ, извеща́тьizveščátʹ

  2. (intransitive)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.

    inserieren, werben

    реклами́роватьreklamírovatʹ

    рекламува́тиreklamuváty

  3. (transitive)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.

    anbieten, anpreisen

    реклами́роватьreklamírovatʹ, публикова́тьpublikovátʹ

    рекламува́тиreklamuváty, реклямува́тиrekljamuváty

  4. 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.

  5. (archaic, transitive)To notify (someone) of something; to call someone's attention to something.

    call attention to

Examples

65 sentences

  1. Many companies advertise their products on TV.

    Багато компаній рекламують свої продукти по телевізору. — deniko

    ruМногие компании рекламируют свои продукты по телевизору. — pauldhunt

    deViele Unternehmen machen im Fernsehen Werbung für ihre Produkte. — MUIRIEL

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  2. We advertise our products on TV.

    Ми рекламуємо свою продукцію на ТБ. — deniko

    ruМы рекламируем нашу продукцию на телевидении. — odexed

    deWir werben im Fernsehen für unsere Produkte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. We don't advertise.

    Ми не рекламуємося. — deniko

    ruМы не рекламируем. — Lenin_1917

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  4. I advertised my car for sale.

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  5. He advertised his house for sale.

    ruОн выставил свой дом на продажу. — marafon

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
(intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others:
(transitive) to provide public information about (a product, services etc.):
Русский
By meaning 3
(transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly:
(intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others:
(transitive) to provide public information about (a product, services etc.):
Deutsch
By meaning 3
(transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly:
(intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others:
(transitive) to provide public information about (a product, services etc.):

Origin

From Middle English advertisen, from Anglo-Norman advertir (“to inform”), avertir, Middle

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.

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Forms

advertises, advertising, advertised, advertised
Base formadvertise · to advertise
3rd person singularadvertises
Present participleadvertising
Past simpleadvertised
Past participleadvertised

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyadvertise
he, she, itadvertises

Past simpleLesson

all personsadvertised

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave advertised
he, she, ithas advertised

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill advertise

Synonyms

16 synonyms
give public notice:announceB1proclaimB1billB1make knownpromulgate
tell about:informB1notifyapprise
tell about; with urgency:alertB2
give public notice; uncommon use:publishA2
advertise commercially:promoteB1publiciseB2sellA1
Close in meaning
  • call attention to:publicizeadvertizepublicise
  • make publicity for; try to sell (a product):advertizepromotepush

Word family

16 related words
Relatedadvertisementadvertiseradvertising
DerivedadB1advertB1advertisableadvertiseeadvertiseynonadvertisedoutadvertiseoveradvertisepreadvertisereadvertiseself-advertisespamvertiseunadvertised

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
adverselyB2adversityB2advertB1advertisementA2advertiseradvertisingA2adviceA2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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