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Meaning of advert

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  advert
      n 1: a public promotion of some product or service [syn: {ad},
           {advertisement}, {advertizement}, {advertising},
           {advertizing}, {advert}]
      v 1: give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the
           recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They
           attended to everything he said" [syn: {attend}, {hang},
           {advert}, {pay heed}, {give ear}]
      2: make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to
         the problem but did not mention it" [syn: {allude}, {touch},
         {advert}]
      3: make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with
         the invention" [syn: {mention}, {advert}, {bring up}, {cite},
         {name}, {refer}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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