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# publicity

noun (publicity, uncountable)

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

## Everyday

1. Attention from newspapers, TV, the internet and the public: «The rescue got a lot of publicity.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/publicity/#m1)
2. The work of getting people to notice something, like adverts, posters and interviews: «The publicity for the film was everywhere.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/publicity/#m2)

### In the lessons

In media lessons it explains how events, products and people become known; in everyday life it is the posters and adverts around us. Phrases: «good publicity», «bad publicity», «a publicity stunt», «get publicity».

### Examples

- The school fair got good publicity in the local paper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/publicity/#x1)
- The singer's new song had huge publicity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/publicity/#x2)
- Climbing the tower was just a publicity stunt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/publicity/#x3)
- The company got bad publicity after the toy broke easily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/publicity/#x4)
- We made posters for publicity for the bake sale. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/publicity/#x5)
- «There's no such thing as bad publicity,» some people say, but that is not always true. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/publicity/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable: «a lot of publicity», not «publicities». Related: public, publicise (UK)/publicize (US), publicist. A «publicity stunt» is something done mainly to get attention.

## On Mova

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