noun
verb
Freq #5918
Meanings
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1
noun
The activity of creating and showing messages that persuade people to buy products or services.
The brand spends millions on advertising every year.
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2
noun
The business or industry that produces such promotional messages.
After university she went into advertising and now works for a big agency.
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3
verb
Present participle of advertise: making a product or service known to the public.
They are advertising the concert on social media.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
1
noun
· the activity of creating...
publicizing
Word family
Derived forms
advertectureadvertisingeseantiadvertisingcatvertisingcounteradvertisingfemvertisinghunkvertisinghyperadvertisingmalvertisingmapvertisingnonadvertisingoddvertising
Etymology
From advertise + -ing.