Associations to the word «Advert»

Wiktionary

ADVERT, noun. (British) (informal) An advertisement, an ad.
ADVERT, verb. To turn attention.
ADVERT, verb. To call attention, refer; construed with to.

Dictionary definition

ADVERT, noun. A public promotion of some product or service.
ADVERT, verb. Give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said".
ADVERT, verb. Make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it".
ADVERT, verb. Make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley