1 [C] (also informal ad) (BrE also advert) ~ (for sth) a notice, picture or film telling people about a product, job or service: Put an advertisement in the local paper to sell your car. seealsoCLASSIFIEDADVERTISEMENTS 2 [C] (BrE also advert) ~ for sth an example of sth that shows its good qualities: Dirty streets and homelessness are no advertisement for a prosperous society. 3 [U] the act of advertising sth and making it public: We are employing an assistant to help with the advertisement of the group's activities.

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advertisementEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary advertisementEnglish›UyghurMain Dictionary advertisementEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus

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adventurer adventuresome adventurism adventurous adverb adverbial particle adversarial adversary adverse adversity advert

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