advert

Definition of advert in English English dictionary: To call attention, refer; construed with to
At a time when creation seems to be endangered in so many ways through human activity, we should consciously advert to this dimension of Sunday, too.; To turn attention; An advertisement, an ad; to refer incidentally; {v} to turn, attend, regard, observe, heed; a public promotion of some product or service; give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said"; make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"; make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it"; You can use the adverts to refer to the interval in a commercial television programme, or between programmes, during which advertisements are shown. After the adverts, the presenter tried to pretend that everything was back to normal. = commercials. an advertisement. to mention something; To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; with to; as, he adverted to what was said; {i} advertisement (Informal); {f} refer to, comment on; draw attention to; An advert is an announcement in a newspaper, on television, or on a poster about something such as a product, event, or job. I saw an advert for a job with a large engineering company = ad, advertisement; If you say that an example of something is an advert for that thing in general, you mean that it shows how good that thing is. This courtroom battle has been a poor advert for English justice. = advertisement
adverted: past of advert
adverting: present participle of advert
adverts: plural of advert
adverts: third-person singular of advert

advert

Hyphenation

ad·vert

Synonyms

refer

Pronunciation

Etymology

[ ad-'v&rt ] (intransitive verb.) 15th century. Middle English adverten, from Old French advertir "to notice", from Latin advertere "to turn toward". See adverse.