advert
1to remark or comment; refer (usually followed by to): He adverted briefly to the news of the day.
to turn the attention (usually followed by to): The committee adverted to the business at hand.
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Origin of advert
2Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use advert in a sentence
His campaign adverts have all trumpeted his avid support of the Second Amendment as well as taking a pro-life position.
Conservative West Virginia state GOP lawmaker comes out during Pride | Brody Levesque | June 16, 2021 | Washington BladeIt can further be truly awful to navigate constant layout shifting when adverts load at inconveniently delayed times.
Google changes Core Web Vitals metrics; How to use lab and field data for optimization | Detlef Johnson | June 8, 2021 | Search Engine LandThis could include what pages are viewed, the adverts that garner interest, and personal information such as whether the user browses through a mobile or desktop appliance.
Seven first-party data capturing opportunities your business is missing out on | Joe Dawson | April 29, 2021 | Search Engine WatchWhen analyzing the data this was another area where the research team saw differentiation depending on the channel where the advert appeared.
Cross-channel marketing: why you shouldn’t put all your eggs in the Google basket | Rob Wass Akanshaa Khare | March 26, 2021 | Search Engine WatchThe complex system of RTB can use people’s sensitive personal data to serve adverts and requires people’s explicit consent, which is not happening right now.
UK resumes privacy oversight of adtech, warns platform audits are coming | Natasha Lomas | January 22, 2021 | TechCrunch
By 15, Shields was saying: “Nothing comes between me and my Calvins” in an advert for Calvin Klein underwear.
In Defense of American Apparel: Why a Hitched-Up Skirt Barely Conceals a Profound Social Confusion | Tim Teeman | August 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEvery other week I see a new advert or tweet or something online advertising a taxidermy workshop.
“Rage Against the Regime” read a sign taped onto a Carlsberg advert near my house.
Ukraine’s Eurolution Is a PR Godsend for the Struggling E.U. | Vijai Maheshwari | December 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTCheck out this fabulous new advert for Landrover featuring the Queen's grandaughter Zara Philips.
As an instance of explicit references made to the duty, we may advert to the blessing of Moses on the tribe of Levi.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamBefore, however, I begin a new chapter and with it the above-mentioned sketch, I should like to advert to a few other matters.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician | Frederick NiecksHaving detained you so long with these observations, I must yet advert to another most interesting topic,--the Free Schools.
Select Speeches of Daniel Webster | Daniel WebsterNotwithstanding the faults to which we have found it necessary to advert, Sarah was unquestionably a great character.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I | Francis Augustus CoxBut now to advert to the hypothetical case of the virtuous family receiving a visit from a few select friends.
The Sheepfold and the Common, Vol. II (of 2) | Timothy East
British Dictionary definitions for advert (1 of 2)
/ (ˈædvɜːt) /
British informal short for advertisement
British Dictionary definitions for advert (2 of 2)
/ (ədˈvɜːt) /
(intr foll by to) to draw attention (to); refer (to)
Origin of advert
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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