advertise

 
Pronunciation: /ˈadvətʌɪz/

verb

[with object]
  • describe or draw attention to (a product, service, or event) in a public medium in order to promote sales or attendance: a billboard advertising beer
  • publicize information about (a vacancy): for every job we advertise we get a hundred applicants [no object]: he advertised for dancers in the trade papers
  • make (a quality or fact) known: Meryl coughed briefly to advertise her presence
  • archaic notify (someone) of something: some prisoners advertised the French of this terrible danger

Derivatives

advertiser

noun

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French advertiss-, lengthened stem of advertir, from Latin advertere 'turn towards' (see advert2)

Spelling help

Unlike most verbs ending in -ise, advertise cannot be spelled with an -ize ending.