Advert Meaning
/ˈædvɜːt/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn advertisement, an ad.
verbTo take notice, to pay attention (to).
Sentence Examples
What's your favourite advert?
What is your favourite advert?
What's your favourite advert on telly?
CEFR Practice Quiz
I saw a brief ____ for the new smartphone during the television show.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She found a great deal on a sofa after seeing an ____ in the paper.
Word Origin & History
Clipping of advertisement.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"This was a wonderful advert for the Premier League, with both Chelsea and United intent on all-out attack - but Ferguson will be concerned at how his side lost their way after imperiously controlling much of the first period."
— 2011 March 1, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC:
"When I was writing my 'Tube Talk' column, a man sent me a letter complaining about the advertisement of cars on the Underground. Why would the Underground masochistically promote a rival transport mode? The answer, I discovered, was that the adverts on the network must not 'harm the brand', and a car advert per se was not deemed to do that. However, a car advert that said 'Why are you using this horrible Tube when you could be driving one of our lovely cars?' would not be allowed."
— 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 41:
"In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result."
— 2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8837, page 74:
"On the day that decision was made, Virgin adverts appeared at St Pancras to let everyone (including its rival) know that things are going to change."
— 2026 February 4, Gareth Williams speaks to David Stubbings, “The RAIL Interview”, in RAIL, number 1054, page 32:
"‘I have before suggested that a genuine blackguard is never without a pocket-handkerchief. But it is not to this fact that I now especially advert.’"
— 1842, Edgar Allan Poe, The Mystery of Marie Rogêt:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
I saw a brief ____ for the new smartphone during the television show.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She found a great deal on a sofa after seeing an ____ in the paper.