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# advertise

verb (advertise, advertises, advertised, advertising)

«advertise» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To advertise is to tell people about a product, event or service so they will buy it or come to it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertise/#m1)
2. To advertise a job is to tell people it is free so they apply. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertise/#m2)
3. To advertise something can mean to make it known: «don't advertise that you're home alone». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertise/#m3)

### In the lessons

In media and PSHE lessons pupils study adverts and how advertising persuades. In everyday life: shops advertise on TV, posters and online. Safety: do not advertise personal details online. In maths, advertised prices are used in money problems.

### Examples

- The shop advertised a big sale. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertise/#x1)
- We made posters to advertise the school fair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertise/#x2)
- The café is advertising for a new cook. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertise/#x3)
- Companies advertise toys on TV before the holidays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertise/#x4)
- Don't advertise your address online. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertise/#x5)
- The bike was advertised at 120 pounds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertise/#x6)
- Perhaps he had only gone astray, and he would advertise him at church next Sunday, and find out where anyone had seen him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertise/#x7)

### Note

Spelled with «-ise» in both UK and US (not «-ize»). Nouns: advertisement (advert, ad), advertising; person: advertiser. Adverts try to persuade; they do not always tell the whole truth.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «advertise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertise/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«advertise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/advertise.html) on Mova free.