Advertising

//ˈædvɚˌtaɪzɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Communication whose purpose is to influence potential customers about products and services. uncountable, usually

    "Advertisings do not by themselves cause a book to 'go'. The circulating libraries are far more useful than any advertising columns."

  2. 2
    the business of drawing public attention to goods and services wordnet
  3. 3
    The industry or profession made up of such communications. uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    a public promotion of some product or service wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of advertise form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms
adadadvertadvertisementadvertizementadvertizing

Example

More examples

"Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it."

Etymology

From advertise + -ing.

Related phrases

advertising agencyadvertising mailbait advertisingdark advertisingdeceptive advertisingexperiential advertisingfalse advertisinginstitutional advertisingnative advertisingsky advertisingsurreptitious advertisingsurrogate advertising

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