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

---

Related Words: ballyhoo, promotion, propaganda, publicity

---

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

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

ad‧ver‧tise‧ment S3 /ədˈvɜːtəsmənt, ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt $ ˌædvərˈtaɪz-/ noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: advertisement, advertiser, advertising; verb: advertise]

1. (also ad informal, advert British English) a picture, set of words, or a short film, which is intended to persuade people to buy a product or use a service, or that gives information about a job that is available, an event that is going to happen etc
advertisement for
The Sunday papers are full of advertisements for cars.
She saw an advertisement for a ski vacation in Vermont.
They put an advertisement in ‘The Morning News’, offering a high salary for the right person.
The organizers of the concert had taken out a full page advertisement in ‘The New York Times’.
Only a handful of people answered the advertisement.

2. be an advertisement for something to be a good example of something or show how effective it can be:
He’s a very good advertisement for the benefits of regular exercise.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

advertisement
noun
ADJ. good | discreet | misleading | classified, front-page, full-page The classified advertisements are on page 25.
magazine, newspaper, press, television/TV | cigarette, job, etc.
VERB + ADVERTISEMENT place, put, take out We placed advertisements in a number of national newspapers.
carry, display, publish, run, show Television and radio refused to carry advertisements for the record.
find, see, spot | answer, reply to, respond to
ADVERTISEMENT + VERB appear | say sth, show sth, state sth | feature sb/sth
PREP. in a/the ~ A lot of claims are made in the advertisement.
~ for

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

advertisement

a car/holiday/shampoo etc advertisement
a glossy magazine full of car advertisements
a job advertisement
Jo was reading the job advertisements in the newspaper.
a newspaper/magazine advertisement
I got the apartment through a newspaper advertisement.
a television/TV/Internet advertisement
the new TV advertisement for the Volkswagen Golf
a full-page advertisement
The organization took out a full-page advertisement in the New York Times.
a pop-up advertisement (=one that suddenly appears on your computer screen when you are looking at a website)
You can buy software that blocks unwanted pop-up advertisements.
put/place an advertisement in a paper/newspaper
I tried putting an advertisement for lodgers in the local paper.
post an advertisement (=put it on a website)
The agency has posted an advertisement on its website for graduates to work overseas.
take out an advertisement (=arrange for an advertisement to be in a newspaper or magazine)
Their record company took out full-page advertisements in the music press to promote the album.
run/carry an advertisement (=print or broadcast an advertisement)
Broadcasters are no longer allowed to run cigarette advertisements.
answer an advertisement
I answered an advertisement in the paper for volunteers.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

advertisement
noun
BAD: I have just seen your advertisement about a Chinese cook.
GOOD: I have just seen your advertisement for a Chinese cook.
BAD: I am writing in reply to your advertisement of a part-time sales assistant.
GOOD: I am writing in reply to your advertisement for a part-time sales assistant.

Usage Note:
an advertisement for sb/sth : 'an advertisement for Heinz tomato soup'.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Common Errors ▲

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.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲