advert
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Middle English adverten, from Old French advertir "to notice", from Latin advertere "to turn toward". See adverse.
[edit] Noun
advert (plural adverts)
- (informal) An advertisement, an ad.
- 2011 March 1, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2 - 1 Man Utd”, BBC:
- This was a wonderful advert for the Premier League, with both Chelsea and United intent on all-out attack - but Ferguson will be concerned at how his side lost their way after imperiously controlling much of the first period.
- 2011 March 1, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2 - 1 Man Utd”, BBC:
[edit] Translations
An advertisement
[edit] Verb
advert (third-person singular simple present adverts, present participle adverting, simple past and past participle adverted)
- To turn attention.
- To call attention, refer; construed with to.
- He adverted to the problem in the opening paragraph.
- 2007 September 9, the Vatican (trans.), Pope Benedict XVI (speaker), speaking in German at St. Stephen's Cathedral, Austria,
- At a time when creation seems to be endangered in so many ways through human activity, we should consciously advert to this dimension of Sunday, too.
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[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
To turn attention
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