advertising
Other forms: advertisings
Advertising is the act of drawing the public’s attention to something, usually to sell it. Whatever is written on the sandwich board you're wearing is what you're advertising.
Advertising is getting the word out — whether it’s on a billboard, in a magazine ad, on a commercial, on the side of a blimp, or by singing it from the highest mountaintop. If you want to let people know about a product, service, or candidate, you run an advertising campaign. The word advertising may also be used for the advertisements themselves or the business of creating advertisements.
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the business of drawing public attention to goods and servicessynonyms: publicizingtype of:business, business enterprise, commercial enterprisethe activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
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a public promotion of some product or servicesynonyms: ad, advert, advertisement, advertizement, advertizingtypes:direct mailadvertising sent directly to prospective customers via the mailpreview, prevue, traileran advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near futureadvertorialan advertisement that is written and presented in the style of an editorial or journalistic reportmaileran advertisement that is sent by mailbill, broadsheet, broadside, circular, flier, flyer, handbill, throwawayan advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distributionteaseran advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interesttop billingthe advertisement of a star's name at the top of a theatrical posterclassified, classified ad, classified advertisementa short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same typestufferan advertising circular that is enclosed with other material and (usually) sent by mailtype of:packaging, promotion, promotional material, publicitya message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution
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Vocabulary lists containing advertising
Attention, Holiday Shoppers! Stock up on these words related to consumer culture. They're a real bargain, and a great vocabulary never goes out of style. Read the full article: Attention, Shoppers! The Pricey Language of Consumerism.
Edge: Level B, Volume 2, Unit 6, Cluster 1. Here are the links to the other clusters within Unit 6: "Ad Power", "Without Commercials", and "What's Wrong with Advertising", "A Long Way to Go: Minorities and the Media" and "Reza: Warrior of Peace", "What Is News?" and "How to Detect Bias in the News"
