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English Dictionary: advert |
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2 results for advert |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- advert
- n
- a public promotion of some product or service [syn: ad,
advertisement, advertizement, advertising, advertizing, advert]
- v
- give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the
recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said"
Synonym(s): attend, hang, advert, pay heed, give ear
- make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it"
Synonym(s): allude, touch, advert
- make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"
Synonym(s): mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Advert \Ad*vert"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Adverted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Adverting}.] [L. advertere, v. t., to turn to; ad +
vertere to turn: cf. F. avertir. See {Advertise}.]
To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or
notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said.
I may again advert to the distinction. --Owen.
Syn: Syn.- To refer; allude; regard. See {Refer}.
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