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# advertisement

«advertisement» in Mova's school dictionary: **a notice, picture, film or message that tries to persuade…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an advertisement, advertisements)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An advertisement is a notice, picture, film or message that tries to persuade people to buy something, use a service or go to an event. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertisement/#m1)

2) An advertisement can be a public notice about a job or something for sale. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertisement/#m2)

3) (informal) «Not a good advertisement for» means a bad example of something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertisement/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life advertisements are on TV, the internet, buses and posters; in English and media lessons pupils study how adverts persuade, using catchy slogans, bright pictures and exaggeration. In safety, pupils learn that online adverts may trick you into clicking or buying. Phrases: TV advertisement, job advertisement, place an advertisement.

### examples

- The advertisement said the toy could fly, but it couldn't. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertisement/#x1)
- We made an advertisement for the school fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertisement/#x2)
- There's an advertisement for a new cereal on the bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertisement/#x3)
- Mum saw a job advertisement in the paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertisement/#x4)
- Many websites show advertisements that try to make you click. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertisement/#x5)
- The advertisement lasted 30 seconds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertisement/#x6)
- His messy room is not a good advertisement for tidiness. (informal) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertisement/#x7)
- He sold a drug, pretending that it was an antidote to all poisons, and obtained a great name for himself by long-winded puffs and advertisements. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertisement/#x8)

### note

Countable noun; short forms are «advert» (UK) and «ad». Say ad-VER-tis-ment (UK) or ad-ver-TIZE-ment (US). The verb is «advertise». Adverts can exaggerate; not everything in them is true.

### Trees and pragmatics

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