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advertising

noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzɪŋ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈædvəˌtaɪzɪŋ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: AE1 D V ER0 T AY2 Z IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Communication whose purpose is to influence potential customers about products and services.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The industry or profession made up of such communications.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

present participle and gerund of advertise

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the business of drawing public attention to goods and services

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: publicizing

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business

Narrower terms: hard sell, soft sell, circularization, circularisation

5

noun

Meaning 5

a public promotion of some product or service

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ad, advertisement, advertizement, advertizing, advert

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: promotion, publicity, promotional material, packaging

Narrower terms: direct mail, preview, prevue, trailer, advertorial, mailer, newspaper ad, newspaper advertisement, commercial, commercial message, circular, handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwaway, teaser, top billing

History

Etymology

From advertise + -ing.

Across languages

Translations

121 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: reklamë — communication
  • Arabic: إِعْلَان (ʔiʕlān) — communication
  • Arabic: إِشْهَار (ʔišhār) — communication
  • Armenian: գովազդ (govazd) — communication
  • Azerbaijani: reklam — communication
  • Basque: publizitate — communication
  • Belarusian: рэкла́ма (rekláma) — communication
  • Belarusian: рэкля́ма (rekljáma) — communication
  • Bengali: বিজ্ঞাপন (bijnapon) — communication
  • Bulgarian: рекла́ма (rekláma) — communication
  • Burmese: ကြော်ငြာ (krau-ngra) — communication
  • Catalan: publicitat — communication
  • Chinese Mandarin: 廣告 /广告 (guǎnggào) — communication
  • Czech: reklama — communication
  • Danish: reklame — communication
  • Dutch: reclame — communication
  • Esperanto: reklamo — communication
  • Estonian: reklaam — communication
  • Finnish: mainostaminen — communication
  • French: publicité — communication
  • Galician: publicidade — communication
  • Georgian: რეკლამირება (reḳlamireba) — communication
  • Georgian: რეკლამა (reḳlama) — communication
  • German: Werbung — communication
  • Greek: διαφήμιση (diafímisi) — communication
  • Hebrew: פִּרְסֹמֶת (pirsómet) — communication
  • Hindi: विज्ञापन (vijñāpan) — communication
  • Hungarian: hirdetés — communication
  • Icelandic: auglýsing — communication
  • Irish: fógraíocht — communication
  • Italian: pubblicità — communication
  • Japanese: 広告 (kōkoku) — communication
  • Japanese: アドバタイジング (adobataijingu) — communication
  • Kazakh: жарнама (jarnama) — communication
  • Korean: 광고 (gwanggo) — communication
  • Kyrgyz: жарнама (jarnama) — communication
  • Kyrgyz: реклама (reklama) — communication
  • Lao: ການໂຄສະນາ (kān khō sa nā) — communication
  • Latin: venditātiō — communication
  • Latvian: reklāma — communication
  • Lithuanian: reklama — communication
  • Macedonian: рекла́ма (rekláma) — communication
  • Malay: pengiklanan — communication
  • Malay: iklan — communication
  • Mongolian: сурталчилгаа (surtalčilgaa) — communication
  • Norwegian Bokmål: reklame — communication
  • Persian: تبلیغات (tabliġât) — communication
  • Polish: reklama — communication
  • Portuguese: publicidade — communication
  • Portuguese: propaganda — communication
  • Romanian: publicitate — communication
  • Romanian: reclamă — communication
  • Russian: рекла́ма (rekláma) — communication
  • Slovak: reklama — communication
  • Spanish: publicidad — communication
  • Swedish: reklam — communication
  • Tajik: таблиғот (tabliġot) — communication
  • Tajik: реклама (reklama) — communication
  • Tamil: விளம்பரம் (viḷamparam) — communication
  • Thai: การโฆษณา (gaan-kôot-sà-naa) — communication
  • Turkish: reklam — communication
  • Ukrainian: рекла́ма (rekláma) — communication
  • Ukrainian: рекла́мування (reklámuvannja) — communication
  • Urdu: اشتہار بازی (iśtihār bāzī) — communication
  • Uyghur: ئېلان (ëlan) — communication
  • Uzbek: reklama — communication
  • Uzbek: eʼlon — communication
  • Vietnamese: sự quảng cáo — communication
  • Arabic: إِعْلَان (ʔiʕlān) — industry or profession
  • Arabic: إِشْهَار (ʔišhār) — industry or profession
  • Armenian: գովազդ (govazd) — industry or profession
  • Azerbaijani: reklam — industry or profession
  • Belarusian: рэкла́ма (rekláma) — industry or profession
  • Belarusian: рэкля́ма (rekljáma) — industry or profession
  • Bulgarian: рекла́ма (rekláma) — industry or profession
  • Burmese: ကြော်ငြာ (krau-ngra) — industry or profession
  • Catalan: publicitat — industry or profession
  • Chinese Mandarin: 廣告業 /广告业 (guǎnggàoyè) — industry or profession
  • Czech: reklama — industry or profession
  • Danish: reklame — industry or profession
  • Dutch: reclame — industry or profession
  • Estonian: reklaam — industry or profession
  • Finnish: mainosala — industry or profession
  • French: publicité — industry or profession
  • Georgian: რეკლამა (reḳlama) — industry or profession
  • German: Werbung — industry or profession
  • Hebrew: פִּרְסֹמֶת (pirsómet) — industry or profession
  • Hindi: विज्ञापन (vijñāpan) — industry or profession
  • Icelandic: auglýsing — industry or profession
  • Irish: fógraíocht — industry or profession
  • Italian: pubblicità — industry or profession
  • Japanese: 広告 (kōkoku) — industry or profession
  • Korean: 광고 (gwanggo) — industry or profession
  • Kyrgyz: жарнама (jarnama) — industry or profession
  • Kyrgyz: реклама (reklama) — industry or profession
  • Lao: ການໂຄສະນາ (kān khō sa nā) — industry or profession
  • Latvian: reklāma — industry or profession
  • Lithuanian: reklama — industry or profession
  • Macedonian: рекла́ма (rekláma) — industry or profession
  • Norwegian Bokmål: reklame — industry or profession
  • Persian: تبلیغات (tabliġât) — industry or profession
  • Polish: reklama — industry or profession
  • Portuguese: publicidade — industry or profession
  • Russian: рекла́ма (rekláma) — industry or profession
  • Serbo-Croatian: оглашавање — industry or profession
  • Serbo-Croatian: oglašavanje — industry or profession
  • Slovak: reklama — industry or profession
  • Slovene: oglaševanje — industry or profession
  • Spanish: publicidad — industry or profession
  • Swedish: reklam — industry or profession
  • Tajik: таблиғот (tabliġot) — industry or profession
  • Tajik: реклама (reklama) — industry or profession
  • Tamil: விளம்பரம் (viḷamparam) — industry or profession
  • Thai: การโฆษณา (gaan-kôot-sà-naa) — industry or profession
  • Turkish: reklam — industry or profession
  • Ukrainian: рекла́ма (rekláma) — industry or profession
  • Urdu: اشتہار بازی (iśtihār bāzī) — industry or profession
  • Uyghur: ئېلان (ëlan) — industry or profession
  • Uzbek: reklama — industry or profession
  • Uzbek: eʼlon — industry or profession
  • Vietnamese: sự quảng cáo — industry or profession
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