verb
1. call attention to
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Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS
• Derivationally related forms: ↑publicist (for: ↑publicise), ↑publiciser (for: ↑publicise), ↑publicist (for: ↑publicize), ↑publicizer (for: ↑publicize), ↑publicizing (for: ↑publicize)
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Something ——s something
2. make publicity for; try to sell (a product)
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The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model
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The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops
• Derivationally related forms:
↑promoter (for: ↑promote), ↑promotion (for: ↑promote), ↑advertizement, ↑advertizer, ↑advertisement (for: ↑advertise), ↑advertiser (for: ↑advertise), ↑advertising (for: ↑advertise)
• Hypernyms: ↑praise
• Hyponyms:
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Something ——s something
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Sam and Sue advertize the movie
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verbsee advertise
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/ad"veuhr tuyz', ad'veuhr tuyz"/, v.t., v.i., advertized, advertizing.
advertise.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.