advert
1[ad-vurt]
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
1Synonyms for advert
1. allude.
advert
2[ad-vert]
noun Chiefly British Informal.
Origin of advert
2by shortening
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Contemporary Examples of advert
By 15, Shields was saying: “Nothing comes between me and my Calvins” in an advert for Calvin Klein underwear.
“Rage Against the Regime” read a sign taped onto a Carlsberg advert near my house.
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 CensorStephen Cullen Carpenter
Do you know if Darwin, or any of his Followers, or Antagonists, advert to this?
Letters of Edward FitzGerald in Two VolumesEdward FitzGerald
I must advert for a moment to the familiar conception of a maximum or a minimum.
Time and TideRobert S. (Robert Stawell) Ball
Of this we shall by and by have to advert more particularly.
I am sorry to be obliged to advert to this subject; but I know there is occasion.
The Young Man's GuideWilliam A. Alcott
advert
1noun
advert
2verb
Word Origin for advert
C15: from Latin advertere to turn one's attention to. See adverse
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