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{
"term": "advertise",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "advertise",
"heSheIt": "advertises"
},
"pastSimple": "advertised",
"pastParticiple": "advertised",
"ingForm": "advertising"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to tell the public about a product or a service in order to encourage people to buy or to use it",
"sensetop": "advertise somethingadvertise something as something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "If you want to attract customers you need to advertise."
},
{
"text": "to advertise on TV/online/on social media"
},
{
"text": "to **advertise a product/service**",
"contextForm": "advertise something"
},
{
"text": "a glossy brochure advertising holidays in the Maldives"
},
{
"text": "How to Advertise a Business for Free on the Internet"
},
{
"text": "I bought the camera and case as advertised in the catalogue."
},
{
"text": "The cruise was advertised as the ‘journey of a lifetime’.",
"contextForm": "advertise something as something"
},
{
"text": "These products have been advertised very heavily."
},
{
"text": "financial advisers advertising their services in the press"
},
{
"text": "If you aren't advertising this service already, it's something to consider."
}
],
"topics": ["Business"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["heavily", "widely", "locally"],
"preposition": ["for"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to let people know that something is going to happen, or that a job is available by giving details about it in a newspaper, on a notice in a public place, on the internet, etc.",
"sensetop": "advertise for somebody/somethingadvertise something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Sellers pay upfront to advertise."
},
{
"text": "We are currently advertising for a new sales manager.",
"contextForm": "advertise for somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "The best jobs are not always advertised in newspapers.",
"contextForm": "advertise something"
},
{
"text": "Vacancies are usually advertised on our website."
},
{
"text": "We advertised the concert quite widely."
},
{
"text": "We are advertising for a babysitter."
},
{
"text": "There are plans to advertise the job nationally."
}
],
"topics": ["TV, radio and news"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["heavily", "widely", "locally"],
"preposition": ["for"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to show or tell something about yourself to other people",
"sensetop": "advertise something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I wouldn't advertise the fact that you don't have a work permit."
},
{
"text": "She coughed to advertise her presence."
}
],
"synonyms": "publicize"
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈædvətaɪz/",
"audio": "ad/advertise/advertise__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈædvətaɪzɪz/",
"audio": "ad/advertise/advertises__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈædvətaɪzd/",
"audio": "ad/advertise/advertised__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈædvətaɪzɪŋ/",
"audio": "ad/advertise/advertising__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈædvərtaɪz/",
"audio": "ad/advertise/advertise__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈædvərtaɪzɪz/",
"audio": "ad/advertise/advertises__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈædvərtaɪzd/",
"audio": "ad/advertise/advertised__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈædvərtaɪzɪŋ/",
"audio": "ad/advertise/advertising__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French advertiss-, lengthened stem of advertir, from Latin advertere ‘turn towards’, from ad- ‘to’ + vertere ‘to turn’.The original sense was ‘turn one's attention to’, later ‘bring to someone's attention’."
}