Advert

Origin

Middle English adverten, from Old French advertir "to notice", from Latin advertere "to turn toward". See adverse.

Full definition of advert

Noun

1. (British, informal) An advertisement, an ad.
• 2011, March 1, Phil McNulty, Chelsea 2 - 1 Man Utd, This was a wonderful advert for the Premier League, with both Chelsea and United intent on all-out attack - but Ferguson will be concerned at how his side lost their way after imperiously controlling much of the first period.
• 2013-05-25, No hiding place, In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.

Verb

1. To turn attention.
2. To call attention, refer; construed with to.He adverted to the problem in the opening paragraph.
• 2007 September 9, the Holy See (trans.), (speaker), speaking in German at , Austria,At a time when creation seems to be endangered in so many ways through human activity, we should consciously advert to this dimension of Sunday, too.

Synonyms

• refer

Derived terms

• advertence
• advertency
• advertent
• advertently
• inadvertent
• inadvertently