advertisement

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A paid notice or message that promotes a product, service, or event.

   The company ran an advertisement for its new phone during the football match.

2. 2
   noun

   A public notice meant to inform people about something.

   The council placed an advertisement in the newspaper about the upcoming roadworks.

3. 3
   noun

   Something that gives a good impression of a person, group, or place.

   The students' good manners are a great advertisement for the school.

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Simplified etymology

Advertisement entered English in the late Middle English period and is based on Latin advertere, “to turn towards.” It originally meant a statement that called attention to something. The shortened form advert began to be used in the early 19th century.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *wert- Proto-Indo-European *wértetor Proto-Italic *wertō Latin vertō Latin advertō Old French avertir Middle French advertir Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-məntom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Middle French -ment Middle French advertissementbor. English advertisement From Middle French advertissement (“statement calling attention”), compare French avertissement (“warning”). See advertise. Equivalent to advertise + -ment.

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