advertise

verb

(transitive) To provide public information about (a product, service etc.) in order to attract public awareness and increase sales.

(transitive) To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly.

(intransitive) To provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others.

(card games) In gin rummy, to discard a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it.

(transitive, now rare) To notify (someone) of something; to call someone's attention to something.

Roots

vertovert- · Latin · turn

Synonyms for advertise

publicizev promotev propagandizev publishv annunciatev announcev sellv proclaimv disclosev promulgatev

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Where does advertise come from?

The word advertise breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root vert-, from Latin verto (“turn”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.