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# advertised

verb form (past of «advertise»); adjective

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

## Everyday

1. Advertised means told the public about something so they will buy it or come to it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertised/#m1)
2. (adjective) Advertised describes something shown in adverts: «the advertised price». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertised/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths money problems «the advertised price» is the price shown before any discount or extra: «the advertised price was 40 pounds, but it was 25% off». In consumer lessons, a product should work as advertised. Phrase: «as advertised».

### Examples

- The toy did not work as advertised. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertised/#x1)
- The advertised price was 50 pounds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertised/#x2)
- The concert was advertised on posters around town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertised/#x3)
- The job was advertised in the newspaper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertised/#x4)
- The advertised sale started on Saturday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertised/#x5)
- The pizza was smaller than advertised. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertised/#x6)
- Pote" was advertised in the "Monthly Chronicle" of 1729. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advertised/#x7)

### Note

Past of «advertise»; spelled with «-ise-». In maths: sale price = advertised price − discount.

## On Mova

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