advertise
Verb
- call attention to
- "Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS"
- make publicity for; try to sell (a product)
- 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.
Examples
- For personal needs, advertise on the internet or in a local newspaper.
- Over the air, they advertise their product on drive-time radio talk shows and TV news shows.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Synonyms
advertize, promote, publicise, publicize, push, alert, announce, apprise, inform, make known, notify, proclaim, promulgate, publish, sell
Scrabble Score: 13
advertise: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordadvertise: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
advertise: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary