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ad|ver|tise|ment
S3 [ədˈvə:tısmənt US ˌædvərˈtaız-] n
1.) also ad informal
advert BrE
a picture, set of words, or a short film, which is intended to persuade people to buy a product or use a service, or that gives information about a job that is available, an event that is going to happen etc
advertisement for
▪ The Sunday papers are full of advertisements for cars.
▪ She saw an advertisement for a ski vacation in Vermont.
▪ They put an advertisement in The Morning News, offering a high salary for the right person.
▪ The organizers of the concert had taken out a full page advertisement in The New York Times.
▪ Only a handful of people answered the advertisement .
2.) be an advertisement for sth
to be a good example of something or show how effective it can be
▪ He's a very good advertisement for the benefits of regular exercise.
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COLLOCATES for sense 1
put/place an advertisement in a newspaper
take out an advertisement (=ask for an advertisement to be printed or shown)
a newspaper/television/radio advertisement
a full-page/half-page/two-page advertisement
a job advertisement
answer/reply to an advertisement
run a series of advertisements (=print or broadcast a series of them)
WORD FOCUS: advertisement
types of advertisement: commercial on TV or radio
poster on a wall, often with a picture on it
junk mail unwanted letters in the post, advertising things
flyer a sheet of paper with an advertisement on it, given to you in the street or pushed through your door
the blurb a piece of writing on the back of a book, which talks about the good things in it
the classified ads also the small ads (BrE) short advertisements in a newspaper, in which people offer things for sale
the personal ads/the lonely hearts (ads) newspaper advertisements in which people say they want to meet someone for romance
See also: slogan, jingle2 (1) , plug2 (2)
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Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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