advert
(Brit. informal)
[noun]
Synonyms: advertisement, ad (informal), announcement, blurb, commercial, notice, plug (informal), poster

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Contrasted words: disregard, ignore, neglect, overlook
Related Words: animadvert, note, notice, observe, remark

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English Thesaurus: advertisement, ad, advert, commercial, trailer, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. ad‧vert¹ S3 /ˈædvɜːt $ -ɜːrt/ noun [countable]
British English an advertisement

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II. ad‧vert² /ədˈvɜːt $ -ɜːrt/ verb
[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: Early French advertir, from Latin advertere, from ad- 'to' + vertere 'to turn']
advert to something phrasal verb formal
to mention something

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

advert
noun
ADJ. classified, front-page, full-page | magazine, newspaper, television/TV | chocolate, job, etc.
VERB + ADVERT place, put, take out I put an advert in the local newspaper. She took out a full-page advert in a magazine.
carry, publish, run, show The paper ran our advert last week.
find, see, spot I saw the advert in ‘The Times’.
answer, reply to, respond to
ADVERT + VERB appear The advert appeared in ‘The Guardian’.
say sth, show sth, state sth | feature sb/sth The advert featured a dolphin swimming around a goldfish bowl.
PREP. in a/the ~ A lot of claims are made in the advert.
~ for an advert for jeans

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

advertisement:
an advertisement for shampoo
They placed an advertisement in the newspaper.
ad informal an advertisement:
She’s been in several TV ads.
advert British English an advertisement:
a job advert
He took out a front-page advert for his shop.
commercial an advertisement on television or radio:
television commercials
He was in some commercials for beer.
trailer an advertisement in the cinema, on television, or online for a film or programme which will be shown soon:
A second trailer for Richard Friedman’s film has just been added to the website.
promotion a series of advertisements for a company’s products:
The company has spent more than $300 million on promotions for the brand.
poster an advertisement on a wall:
They selected a famous artist to do the poster for the upcoming performance.
billboard (also hoarding British English) a large sign next to a road, with an advertisement on it:
billboard advertisements
A huge hoarding shows two contrasting images.
flyer a piece of paper with an advertisement on it, often given to you in the street:
Someone was handing out flyers for a new nightclub.
banner ad an advertisement across the top of a page on the Internet:
Banner ads are becoming more sophisticated.
junk mail unwanted advertisements that you get in the post:
I never read junk mail.
spam unwanted emails advertising things:
I’m trying to delete all the spam.
classified ad (also want ad American English, small ad British English) a short advertisement that you put in a newspaper if you want to buy or sell something:
The bike was advertised for sale in the small ads section.

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