advertisement
Americannoun
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a paid announcement, as of goods for sale, in newspapers or magazines, on radio or television, or on the internet.
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a public notice, especially in print.
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the action of making generally known; a calling to the attention of the public.
The news of this event will receive wide advertisement.
noun
Other Word Forms
- preadvertisement noun
- readvertisement noun
- self-advertisement noun
Etymology
Origin of advertisement
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English, from Middle French avertissement; advertise, -ment
Example Sentences
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The writer, thanks to their ability to improve page rankings via keywords and section headings, will have created an article that looks like information but is really a thinly disguised advertisement.
From Slate • Mar. 28, 2026
Almost every advertisement or information piece you see about investments will have some version of the disclosure statement: “Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026
Schofield gained international recognition for a late-1980s Bugle Boy jeans advertisement in which she drove a black Ferrari through the desert before stopping beside a man standing at the roadside.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
CFO Jay Stasz says the advertisement may have reminded consumers to cancel their memberships, and attrition rates have begun to decline with the messaging changes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
Yet though Indians here were playing a heroic role, the advertisement still embodied Holmberg's Mistake, for it implicitly depicted Indians as people who never changed their environment from its original wild state.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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