advertising

noun

ad·​ver·​tis·​ing ˈad-vər-ˌtī-ziŋ 

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

Examples of advertising in a Sentence

He is looking for a job in advertising.

Recent Examples on the Web

The company helped the Raman campaign with digital advertising. —Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026

In addition to her advertising work, Semotan worked as a portrait photographer, shooting art world figures like Louise Bourgeois, Maria Lassnig, Daniel Richter, and Martin Kippenberger (to whom she was briefly married, until his death in 1997). —Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 8 June 2026

The company took down its webpage advertising retatrutide immediately after the visit. —Daniel Gilbert, CBS News, 8 June 2026

The story takes place in the 1950s and is about Roger Thornhill, who works in the advertising industry, and is mistaken for a Cold War spy. —Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

advertise + -ing entry 1

First Known Use

1717, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing advertising

• advertising agency
• counter-advertising

Rhymes for advertising

• agonising
• amortizing
• analyzing
• anodizing
• appetizing
• atomizing
• authorising
• authorizing
• carbonizing
• carburizing
• catalyzing
• centralising

Kids Definition

advertising

noun

ad·​ver·​tis·​ing

ˈad-vər-ˌtī-ziŋ

1

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

2

: published or broadcast advertisements

3

: the business of preparing advertisements