advert

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Related terms

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[edit] Etymology

Middle English adverten, from Old French advertir "to notice", from Latin advertere "to turn toward". See adverse.

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advert (plural adverts)

1. (UK, informal) An advertisement, an ad.

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to advert (third-person singular simple present adverts, present participle adverting, simple past and past participle adverted)

1. To turn attention.
2. 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.

[edit] Synonyms

• refer

[edit] Related terms

• advertent
• advertently
• inadvertent
• inadvertently