Definition of advertisement

1 : a public notice especially : one published in the press or broadcast over the air a full-page advertisement for the movie a TV advertisement

2 : the act or process of advertising something The company has spent a lot of money on advertisement.

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Examples of advertisement in a Sentence

The advertisement will appear in three magazines. He learned about the job from an advertisement in the newspaper. The company has spent a lot of money on advertisement.

Recent Examples on the Web Meanwhile, Window Select posted a new advertisement Thursday on social media. — Alex Groth, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 May 2022 In the summer of 2007, Donald Trump—his businesses in ruin, hanging on to relevance for dear life via The Apprentice—cut an advertisement to introduce his newest namesake product. — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 9 May 2022 King meditates on naked skin, and so his work can seem timeless, although his models sometimes wear de-rigueur jewelry, and brand-name boxers, putting the images in provocative conversation with modern advertisement. — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2022 The 30-second advertisement, which was released slightly ahead of schedule following the ruling, details Spiva’s upbringing and background advocating for D.C. statehood and civil rights cases, and is expected to run through June. — Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2022 An advertisement recently began airing on Little Rock-area radio stations. — Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 30 Apr. 2022 The first photo, of the crowded room, is from an advertisement for the hospital created in Baker’s time. — The New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2022 In 1999, she was called upon to appear in a denim advertisement for Calvin Klein. — Brooklyn White, Essence, 25 Apr. 2022 Dana Ferracuti remembers the iconic 1970s television advertisement with an Indian shedding a tear because of all of the litter on the land. — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2022 See More

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