ˌadvə(r)ˈtīzmənt also ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷; ədˈvər]d.ə̇z-, ad-, -və̄], -vəi], -]tə̇-, -ə̇s- noun
also ad·ver·tize·ment “
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French avertissement, advertissement, from avertiss-, advertiss- + -ment
1. : the action of advertising : a calling attention to or making known: as
a. obsolete : warning , admonition
b. obsolete : an informing or notifying : notification
c. : a calling to public attention : publicity
the limitations we have imposed will receive wide advertisement in other parts of colonial Asia — Atlantic
an unwarranted amount of advertisement for an unattractive group — W.E.Swinton
2.
a. archaic : a statement calling attention to something : notice
the publisher's advertisement to the reader
b. : a public notice ; especially : a paid notice or announcement published in some public print (as a newspaper, periodical, poster, or handbill) or broadcast over radio or television
a full-page advertisement
the classified advertisements
— compare commercial