advertising

A2 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzɪŋ/ UK /ˈædvəˌtaɪzɪŋ/ See IPA manual

Freq #5918

Meanings

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.
2

noun
The business or industry that produces such promotional messages.

After university she went into advertising and now works for a big agency.
3

verb
Present participle of advertise: making a product or service known to the public.

They are advertising the concert on social media.

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1 noun · the activity of creating... publicizing

2 noun · the business or industry... ad advert advertisement

Word family

Derived forms advertectureadvertisingeseantiadvertisingcatvertisingcounteradvertisingfemvertisinghunkvertisinghyperadvertisingmalvertisingmapvertisingnonadvertisingoddvertising

Related forms ad advert advertise advertisement

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# advertising

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzɪŋ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈædvəˌtaɪzɪŋ/
**Frequency rank:** 5918

## Meanings
1. The activity of creating and showing messages that persuade people to buy products or services.
2. The business or industry that produces such promotional messages.
3. Present participle of advertise: making a product or service known to the public.

## Examples
- The brand spends millions on advertising every year.
- After university she went into advertising and now works for a big agency.
- They are advertising the concert on social media.

## Derived Forms
- advertecture
- advertisingese
- antiadvertising
- catvertising
- counteradvertising
- femvertising
- hunkvertising
- hyperadvertising
- malvertising
- mapvertising
- nonadvertising
- oddvertising

## Related Forms
- ad
- advert
- advertise
- advertisement

## Etymology
From advertise + -ing.

## AI Etymology
Advertising is from advertise plus -ing. The -ing ending gives the form participial or gerundial force, naming an action, process, or quality associated with advertise. In use as a noun and a verb, advertising denotes the activity of creating and showing messages that persuade people to buy products or services, the business or industry that produces such promotional messages, and present participle of advertise: making a product or service known to the public. The same word family continues in derived forms such as advertecture, advertisingese, antiadvertising, and catvertising and related entries such as ad, advert, advertise, and advertisement.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Business & Commerce

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