English > advertise: 2 senses > verb 2, communication| Meaning | make publicity for; try to sell (a product). |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Synonyms | advertize, promote, push |
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| Narrower | bill | advertise especially by posters or placards |
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| crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitate | Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person |
| plug | make a plug for |
| propagandize, propagandise | Spread by propaganda |
| Broader | praise | Express approval of |
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| Similar to | crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitate | Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person |
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| Spanish | anunciar, fomentar, impulsar, potenciar, promocionar, promover, propulsar, publicitar |
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| Catalan | anunciar, fomentar, impulsar, promocionar, propulsar |
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| Nouns | advertisement, advertising | a public promotion of some product or service |
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| advertiser | someone whose business is advertising |
| advertising | the business of drawing public attention to goods and services |