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A2 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzmənt/ UK /ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #12624

Meanings

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

noun
A public notice meant to inform people about something.

The council placed an advertisement in the newspaper about the upcoming roadworks.
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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1 noun · a paid notice or message... ad advert

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Forms advertisements

Derived forms adadvergameadvermationadvertadvertainmentadverticleadvertiqueadvertorialinfotisementmalvertisementoddvertisementpreadvertisement

Related forms advertisingadware

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.

advertissement Middle French

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# advertisement

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzmənt/
**IPA (UK):** /ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt/
**Frequency rank:** 12624

## Meanings
1. A paid notice or message that promotes a product, service, or event.
2. A public notice meant to inform people about something.
3. Something that gives a good impression of a person, group, or place.

## Examples
- The company ran an advertisement for its new phone during the football match.
- The council placed an advertisement in the newspaper about the upcoming roadworks.
- The students' good manners are a great advertisement for the school.

## Derived Forms
- ad
- advergame
- advermation
- advert
- advertainment
- adverticle
- advertique
- advertorial
- infotisement
- malvertisement
- oddvertisement
- preadvertisement

## Related Forms
- advertising
- adware

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: advertissement

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Advertisement is from Middle French advertissement (“statement calling attention”), compare French avertissement (“warning”). See advertise. Equivalent to advertise plus -ment. The suffix -ment makes a noun of action, result, or state from advertise, matching uses in which the word names an act, process, outcome, or condition. In use as a noun, advertisement denotes a paid notice or message that promotes a product, service, or event, a public notice meant to inform people about something, and something that gives a good impression of a person, group, or place. The same word family continues in derived forms such as ad, advergame, advermation, and advert and related entries such as advertising and adware.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Business & Commerce

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