advert

[ad-vurt]

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verb (used without object)

to 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.

Origin of advert

1375–1425; late Middle English a(d)verten < Old French a(d)vertir ≪ Latin advertere to pay attention, equivalent to ad- ad- + vertere to turn; ad- replacing a- a-⁵

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1. allude.

advert

[ad-vert]

noun Chiefly British Informal.

advertisement.

Origin of advert

by shortening

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Related Words for advert

notice, observe, consider, attend

Examples from the Web for advert

Contemporary Examples of advert

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
“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

Historical Examples of advert

To these instances we shall have occasion to advert in the course of this work.
The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor
Stephen Cullen Carpenter
Do you know if Darwin, or any of his Followers, or Antagonists, advert to this?
Letters of Edward FitzGerald in Two Volumes
Edward FitzGerald
I must advert for a moment to the familiar conception of a maximum or a minimum.
Time and Tide
Robert S. (Robert Stawell) Ball
Of this we shall by and by have to advert more particularly.
A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education
James Gall
I am sorry to be obliged to advert to this subject; but I know there is occasion.
The Young Man's Guide
William A. Alcott

British Dictionary definitions for advert

advert

noun

British informal short for advertisement

advert

verb

(intr foll by to) to draw attention (to); refer (to)

Word Origin for advert

C15: from Latin advertere to turn one's attention to. See adverse

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for advert

mid-15c., averten "to turn (something) aside," from Middle French avertir (12c.), from Late Latin advertere (see advertise). The -d- added 16c. on the Latin model. Related: Adverted; adverting.

colloquial shortening of advertisement, attested by 1860.