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advert
1[ ad-vurt ]
verb (used without object)
- to remark or comment; refer (usually followed by to ):
He adverted briefly to the news of the day.
Synonyms:
- to turn the attention (usually followed by to ):
The committee adverted to the business at hand.
advert
2[ ad-vert ]
noun
advert
1/ ˈæ屹ɜː /
noun
- informal.short for advertisement
advert
2/ əˈɜː /
verb
- intrfoll byto to draw attention (to); refer (to)
Word History and Origins
Origin of advert1
Example Sentences
"I think it just needs to be a five minute talk or possibly even some kind of public health advert, just giving the case study of Laos and saying this can happen," she says.
"He is effectively on the run, and the theory is he's lonely, and puts an advert in the newspaper asking for a new wife," says Dan Clarke, a heritage officer at Moyse's Hall Museum.
While the show was well-received by fans for the in-ring action, one thing that didn't go unnoticed was the quantity of adverts throughout the event.
Throughout the series, the women battled it out in boxing matches, basketball contests and even a bizarre contest where they had to devise a TV advert for a mattress, à la The Apprentice.
There is a new Audio section for them on BBC.com - the international website which carries adverts - and their BBC app.
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More About Advert
doesadvert mean?
Advert is short for advertisement. It is primarily used in the U.K. in the same way that American speakers use the word ad.
Advert is also a verb that means to call attention to or reference something. This is easy to remember since the purpose of advertisements is to get your attention.
Example: There are way too many adverts on this page.
Where doesadvert come from?
As a shortening of advertisement, advert has been in use since at least the 1800s. The first records of advert used as a verb come from around the 1400s. It comes from the Latin verb advertere, meaning “to turn one’s attention to (something),” from a combination of ad-, meaning “toward,” and vertere, “to turn.” The word advertise is based on the same root.
The very similar-looking verb avert is based on the same root as the verb advert but has just about the opposite meaning: to avert is to turn away or look away, but to advert is to turn one’s attention toward something. As a verb, advert is always followed by to. If a meeting goes off on a tangent, you could advert to the topic at hand. When you’re chatting with someone, you might briefly advert to something you just heard about—meaning you remark about it or comment on it. These are common actions, but advert is not a commonly used verb.
It is much more commonly used as a noun meaning “ad.” Speakers of British English see adverts in all the same places that American speakers see ads, and they have different names for those things, too, like the tele (TV) and the tube (subway).
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are some other forms related to advert?
- adverts (plural)
are some synonyms for advert?
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are some words advert may be commonly confused with?
How isadvert used in real life?
When it refers to an advertisement, advert is used informally—exactly the same way ad is used.
American shows have way too many adverts.
— Don Dada 🇯🇲 (@AshhOnline)
Let me tell you something I’m not watching a movie with adverts
— slept through the flight (@Kai_InTheKut)
The new trend in taking vitamins. Ovaltine advert, 1946.
— Pulp Librarian (@PulpLibrarian)
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Is advert used correctly in the following sentence?
Advert to the fine print on the advert before you sign up for the promotional deal.
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