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# advertise

«advertise» in Mova's school dictionary: **to tell people about a product, event or service so they…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (advertise, advertises, advertised, advertising)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To advertise is to tell people about a product, event or service so they will buy it or come to it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertise/#m1)

2) To advertise a job is to tell people it is free so they apply. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertise/#m2)

3) To advertise something can mean to make it known: «don't advertise that you're home alone». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertise/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In media and PSHE lessons pupils study adverts and how advertising persuades. In everyday life: shops advertise on TV, posters and online. Safety: do not advertise personal details online. In maths, advertised prices are used in money problems.

### examples

- The shop advertised a big sale. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertise/#x1)
- We made posters to advertise the school fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertise/#x2)
- The café is advertising for a new cook. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertise/#x3)
- Companies advertise toys on TV before the holidays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertise/#x4)
- Don't advertise your address online. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertise/#x5)
- The bike was advertised at 120 pounds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertise/#x6)
- Perhaps he had only gone astray, and he would advertise him at church next Sunday, and find out where anyone had seen him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertise/#x7)

### note

Spelled with «-ise» in both UK and US (not «-ize»). Nouns: advertisement (advert, ad), advertising; person: advertiser. Adverts try to persuade; they do not always tell the whole truth.

### In the corpora

- [Product placement is when companies pay to show their products in films and shows; it is advertising hidden in entertainment.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «advertise» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertise/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.