advertising

A2 Topic:People & Society
US /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzɪŋ/ UK /ˈædvəˌtaɪzɪŋ/
noun verb Freq #5918

Meanings

  1. 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. 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. 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
2 noun · the business or industry... adadvertadvertisement
Word family
Derived forms advertectureadvertisingeseantiadvertisingcatvertisingcounteradvertisingfemvertisinghunkvertisinghyperadvertisingmalvertisingmapvertisingnonadvertisingoddvertising

Etymology

From advertise + -ing.

Topics

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