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advertisement
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + advertisement
a car/holiday/shampoo etc advertisement
• a glossy magazine full of car advertisements
a job advertisement
• Jo was reading the job advertisements in the newspaper.
a newspaper/magazine advertisement
• I got the apartment through a newspaper advertisement.
a television/TV/Internet advertisement
• the new TV advertisement for the Volkswagen Golf
a full-page advertisement
• The organization took out a full-page advertisement in the New York Times.
a pop-up advertisement
(= one that suddenly appears on your computer screen when you are looking at a website )
• You can buy software that blocks unwanted pop-up advertisements.
verbs
put/place an advertisement in a paper/newspaper
• I tried putting an advertisement for lodgers in the local paper.
post an advertisement
(= put it on a website )
• The agency has posted an advertisement on its website for graduates to work overseas.
take out an advertisement
(= arrange for an advertisement to be in a newspaper or magazine )
• Their record company took out full-page advertisements in the music press to promote the album.
run/carry an advertisement
(= print or broadcast an advertisement )
• Broadcasters are no longer allowed to run cigarette advertisements.
answer [to] an advertisement
• I answered an advertisement in the paper for volunteers.
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advertisement
• an advertisement for shampoo • They placed an advertisement in the newspaper.
ad
informal an advertisement:
• She’s been in several TV ads .
advert
British English an advertisement:
• a job advert • He took out a front-page advert for his shop.
commercial
an advertisement on television or radio:
• television commercials • He was in some commercials for beer.
trailer
an advertisement in the cinema, on television, or online for a film or programme which will be shown soon:
• A second trailer for Richard Friedman’s film has just been added to the website.
promotion
a series of advertisements for a company’s products:
• The company has spent more than $300 million on promotions for the brand.
poster
an advertisement on a wall:
• They selected a famous artist to do the poster for the upcoming performance.
billboard
( also hoarding British English ) a large sign next to a road, with an advertisement on it:
• billboard advertisements • A huge hoarding shows two contrasting images.
flyer
a piece of paper with an advertisement on it, often given to you in the street:
• Someone was handing out flyers for a new nightclub.
banner ad
an advertisement across the top of a page on the Internet:
• Banner ads are becoming more sophisticated.
junk mail
unwanted advertisements that you get in the post:
• I never read junk mail.
spam
unwanted emails advertising things:
• I’m trying to delete all the spam.
classified ad/want ad
( also want ad American English , small ad British English ) a short advertisement that you put in a newspaper if you want to buy or sell something:
• The bike was advertised for sale in the small ads section.
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noun ADJ. good | discreet | misleading | classified, front-page, full-page The classified advertisements are on page 25. | magazine, newspaper, press, television/TV | cigarette, job, etc. VERB + ADVERTISEMENT place, put, take out We placed advertisements in a number of national newspapers. | carry, display, publish, run, show Television and radio refused to carry advertisements for the record. | find, see, spot | answer, reply to, respond to ADVERTISEMENT + VERB appear | say sth, show sth, state sth | feature sb/sth PREP. in a/the ~ A lot of claims are made in the advertisement. | ~ for
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