Antonyms for advertise


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ad-ver-tahyz, ad-ver-tahyz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæd vərˌtaɪz, ˌæd vərˈtaɪz


Definition of advertise

Origin :
  • early 15c., "to take notice of," from Middle French advertiss-, present participle stem of a(d)vertir "to warn" (12c.), from Latin advertere "turn toward," from ad- "toward" (see ad-) + vertere "to turn" (see versus).
  • Sense shifted to "to give notice to others, warn" (late 15c.) by influence of advertisement; specific meaning "to call attention to goods for sale, rewards, etc." had emerged by late 18c. Original meaning remains in the verb advert "to give attention to." Related: Advertised; advertising.
  • verb publicize for the purpose of selling or causing one to want
Example sentences :
  • It was a different thing to advertise one's mediocrity to the world.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • There's some exports it doesn't pay to advertise, I guess, and she and her sister are that kind.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • They may advertise from now till doomsday, but they will never get a response from him!
  • Extract from : « Victor's Triumph » by Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth
  • It is not my form to make complaints and advertise my misfortunes.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • It said nothing whatever of trying to advertise him as a prisoner.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • The way to advertise the sins of Capital is to have Capital tell them.
  • Extract from : « The Ghost in the White House » by Gerald Stanley Lee
  • Then let him use words about them and write books about them to advertise that they have happened.
  • Extract from : « The Ghost in the White House » by Gerald Stanley Lee
  • The true way to advertise is to make the people you advertise to, do it.
  • Extract from : « The Ghost in the White House » by Gerald Stanley Lee
  • One of the first things of their code of ethics is "Thou shalt not advertise."
  • Extract from : « Dollars and Sense » by Col. Wm. C. Hunter
  • They are those that advertise most persistently and attractively.
  • Extract from : « A Book for All Readers » by Ainsworth Rand Spofford

Synonyms for advertise

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