advertise
Meaning
Verb
- To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly.
- To provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others.
- To provide public information about (a product, service etc.) in order to attract public awareness and increase sales.
- To notify (someone) of something; to call someone's attention to something.
- 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.
Related
Similar words
- notify, inform, apprise, alert
- make known, announce, proclaim, promulgate, publish
- promote, publicise, sell
Origin
- From Middle English advertisen, from Anglo-Norman advertir ("to inform"), avertir, Middle French advertir, avertir, with the ending assimilated to -ise, -ize and probably influenced by the noun advertisement. Compare also advert.
Modern English dictionary
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