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ADVERTIZE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Call attention to

Example:

Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS

Synonyms:

advertise; advertize; publicise; publicize

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "advertize" is one way to...):

announce; denote (make known; make an announcement)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "advertize"):

headline (publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline)

ballyhoo (advertize noisily or blatantly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make publicity for; try to sell (a product)

Example:

The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops

Synonyms:

advertise; advertize; promote; push

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "advertize" is one way to...):

praise (express approval of)

Verb group:

agitate; campaign; crusade; fight; press; push (exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "advertize"):

propagandise; propagandize (spread by propaganda)

plug (make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote)

bill (advertise especially by posters or placards)

agitate; campaign; crusade; fight; press; push (exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue advertize the movie

Derivation:

advertizement (a public promotion of some product or service)

advertizer (someone whose business is advertising)

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