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verb |
| inflections: |
advertises, advertising, advertised |
| definition 1: |
to present as good or favorable in order to win people's business or support.
做广告
The stores start advertising Halloween candy in September.商店开始在九月作万圣节糖果的广告。- synonyms:
- promote
- similar words:
- announce, bill, hype, plug, publish, push, sell
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| definition 2: |
to call attention to.
招摇, 炫耀
He advertises his wealth by wearing flashy gold jewelry.他带着闪亮的金首饰炫耀他的财富。- similar words:
- announce, bill, disclose, display, proclaim, reveal, show
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| definition 3: |
to try to find something by placing a notice or advertisement in a public place (usually followed by "for").
登广告招募
She advertised for a baby-sitter in the newspaper.她在报纸刊登找保姆的广告。 |
| related words: |
boost, post |
| derivation: |
advertiser (n.) |
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broader category that includes advertising |
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communication |
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similar to advertising |
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propaganda, publicity |
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some actions associated with advertising |
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air, announce, appear, broadcast, convince, debut, display, inform, introduce, market, notify, persuade, present, promote, run, sell, urge |
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some kinds of advertisements |
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announcement, circular, commercial, display, flier, handout, junk mail, leaflet, notice, poster, spam |
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some parts of advertisements |
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caption, cartoon, graphic, jingle, logo, message, photograph, picture, slogan |
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some people associated with advertising |
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actor, announcer, candidate, model |
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some places for advertising |
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billboard, booth, Internet, journal, magazine, media, newspaper, periodical, publication, radio, television, Web site |
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some subjects of advertisements |
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bargain, deal, event, price, product, service |
The word advertise
contains the following parts:
ad-
Latin
prefix
that means to, toward
  More about this word part:
Originally a Latin preposition and prefix, ad-
occurs in English in Latin loanwords. It has multiple forms, as the final 'd' sound in ad-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See its assimilated forms: ac-, af-, ag-1, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, and at-.
Example words:
adapt, add, addict, addiction, adequate, adhere, adjacent, adjective, adjust, administer, administrator, admission, admit, adopt, adoption, adverb, adversary, adverse, adversity, advertise, advocate
vers, vert
Latin
root
that means to turn; to be occupied with
Example words:
adversary, adverse, adversity, advertise, advertisement, anniversary, avert, controversial, controversy, conversation, converse1, convert, convertible, diverse, diversion, diversity, divert, divorce, extrovert, invert, invertebrate, irreversible, reverse, universe, university, versatile, verse, version, versus, vertebrate, vertex, vertical
-ize, -ise
Greek
verb-forming suffix
that means to turn into or cause to be
More about this word part:
The suffix -ize
, -ise
forms transitive verbs from adjectives (civilize
) and nouns (crystallize
). The oldest English verbs ending in -ize
were loanwords from Greek (baptize
, catechize).
Example words:
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