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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. announcement, [public] notice; commercial, [want, classified, personal, etc. ] ad; advert, advertorial, plug, blurb (all inf.); publicity. See publication.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [A public notice]
Syn. proclamation, notification, declaration, broadcast, propaganda sheet, communication, publication, display, bill, placard, poster, billboard, printed public notice; see also announcement 2 , 3 .
2. [Anything intended to promote a sale]
Syn. commercial, announcement, notice, publicity, display, window display, circular, flier, handbill, broadside, billboard, display advertisement, classified advertisement, sample, endorsement, ad*, want ad*, plug*, ballyhoo*, blurb*, pitch*, spot*, trailer*, throwaway*, spread*, color spread*, classified*, promo*, hype*, puffery*.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
ad, advert, commercial, plug, blurb, spot, broadside, notice, flyer, handbill, classified ad, display ad, placard, circular. ''Legalized lying.''—H.G. Wells. ''The rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.''— George Orwell.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun A systematic effort or part of this effort to increase the importance or reputation of by favorable publicity: ballyhoo, buildup, promotion, publicity, puffery. Informal: pitch, plug. Slang: hype. See KNOWLEDGE.

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  • advertisement — /əd və:tismənt/, it. /ad vɛrtizment/ s. ingl. [da (to ) advertise fare pubblicità ], usato in ital. al masch. (comm.) [messaggio di carattere economico o pubblicitario] ▶◀ annuncio, avviso, inserzione, réclame. ⇑ pubblicità …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • advertisement — (n.) early 15c., written statement calling attention to something, public notice (of anything, but often of a sale); from M.Fr. avertissement, from stem of avertir (see ADVERTISE (Cf. advertise)). Meaning public notice (usually paid), the main… …   Etymology dictionary

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  • advertisement — /adˈvertizment, adverˈtaizment, ingl. ədˈvYːtɪsmənt, ˌædvəːˈtaɪzmənt/ [da to advertise «fare pubblicità»] s. m. inv. annuncio pubblicitario, inserzione …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

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