publicity
Advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in somethingAdvertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something.
» That's just a cheap publicity stunt.
Das ist nur ein billiger Werbegag.
Это просто дешёвый рекламный трюк.
Meaning
4 senses(uncountable, usually)Advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something.
Werbung
рекла́маrekláma, пабли́ситиpablísiti
(uncountable, usually)Public interest attracted in this way.
сла́ваsláva, изве́стностьizvéstnostʹ
(uncountable, usually)The condition of being the object of public attention.
гла́сностьglásnostʹ, пабли́ситиpablísiti
(uncountable, usually)The quality of being public, not private.
the quality of being open to public view
Examples
25 sentencesThat's just a cheap publicity stunt.
ruЭто просто дешёвый рекламный трюк.
deDas ist nur ein billiger Werbegag.
We don't want any bad publicity.
ruМы не хотим какой-либо негативной огласки.
Tom did it as a publicity stunt.
We did that as a publicity stunt.
I heard Tom hates publicity.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 1
Origin
From French publicité, From Medieval Latin pūblicitātem, accusative singular of pūblicitāsFrom French publicité, From Medieval Latin pūblicitātem, accusative singular of pūblicitās, from Latin pūblicus (“public, general”). Morphologically public + -ity.
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Forms
plural: publicities| Singular | publicity |
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uncountable
Synonyms
5 synonyms- a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution:promotionpromopromotional materialpackaging
Word family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable