advertising

noun ad·ver·tis·ing

Updated on: 17 May 2018

Definition of advertising

1 : the action of calling something to the attention of the public especially by paid announcements

2 : advertisements

a magazine full of advertising

3 : the business of preparing advertisements for publication or broadcast

looking for a job in advertising

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Examples of advertising in a Sentence

He is looking for a job in advertising.

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Supporters of the new amendment are educating voters through grassroots work and digital and direct mail advertising, with the potential for television and radio, said Ryan Erwin, a strategy consultant for the Marsy's Law for All campaign.

— james nord, The Christian Science Monitor, "South Dakota seeks to strengthen victim-centered criminal justice," 14 May 2018
Ed worked in sales and executive positions in the text book publishing and advertising businesses in NYC and CT before retiring in 2009 after 15 years as an Affirmative Action Officer in the CT DOT.

— hartford courant, courant.com, "Edward J. Marcos," 13 May 2018
The team has gone from about a dozen lawyers and investigators looking into advertising, recruitment, and graduate employment claims of several institutions at the end of the Obama administration to just three team members today, the Times reported.

— maegan vazquez, CNN, "NYT: For-profit college fraud investigations scaled back under Betsy DeVos," 13 May 2018
The campaign's advertising is being run nationwide on TV, in print publications, on digital platforms and mobile channels — a campaign analysts said will probably cost millions of dollars.

— james f. peltz, latimes.com, "Wells Fargo launches ad campaign to leave accounts scandal behind. Not everyone is buying it," 9 May 2018
So far Google, which has an online advertising business more than twice the size of Facebook, has stayed safely on the sidelines following revelations about the harvesting of Facebook data by Cambridge Analytica.

— editors, USA TODAY, "Iran nuclear deal, Cannes Film Festival, Google I/O conference: 5 things to know Tuesday," 8 May 2018
And such a service could give Facebook a whole new avenue for growing its advertising business, said Ali Mogharabi, an analyst with Morningstar Investment Service.

— gerrit de vynck and sarah frier, San Antonio Express-News, "Facebook plans a dating feature, sending Match, IAC plunging," 1 May 2018
At best, advertising is something people tolerate while consuming media.

— erin griffith, WIRED, "Pandora Learns the Cost of Ads, and of Subscriptions," 30 Apr. 2018
The other possibility is that the movie’s advertising is roping in an audience that’s not ideal for this film.

— mick lasalle, San Francisco Chronicle, "Why do critics like ‘Beirut’ starring Jon Hamm while audiences hate it?," 25 Apr. 2018

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Origin and Etymology of advertising

advertise + ¹-ing

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First Known Use: 1717

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advertising

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Definition of advertising for English Language Learners

: published or broadcast advertisements
: the business of creating advertisements

ADVERTISING Defined for Kids

advertising

noun ad·ver·tis·ing \ ˈad-vər-ˌtī-ziŋ \

Definition of advertising for Students

1 : speech, writing, pictures, or films meant to persuade people to buy something

2 : the business of preparing advertisements

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