advertise

advertise
advertise [{{t}}'ædvətaɪz]
1 transitive verb
(a) (publicize → product, service) faire de la publicité pour;
∎ I heard his new record advertised on the radio j'ai entendu la publicité pour son nouveau disque à la radio;
∎ I saw it advertised in a magazine j'ai vu une annonce là-dessus ou pour ça dans une revue;
∎ as advertised on TV vu à la télé
(b) (job) mettre une (petite) annonce pour; (event) annoncer;
∎ they advertised the job in all the nationals ils ont mis ou inséré une annonce pour le poste dans toute la presse;
∎ we advertised our house in the local paper nous avons mis ou passé une annonce pour vendre notre maison dans le journal local
(c) (make known) afficher;
∎ don't go advertising the fact that we're thinking of leaving ne va pas crier sur les toits que nous pensons partir;
∎ you needn't advertise the fact vous n'avez pas besoin de le crier sur les toits;
∎ you needn't advertise your ignorance ce n'est pas la peine d'étaler ton ignorance;
∎ he didn't want to advertise his presence il ne voulait pas se faire remarquer
2 intransitive verb
(a) (to sell product, service) faire de la publicité;
∎ to advertise in the press/on radio/on TV faire de la publicité dans la presse/à la radio/à la télé;
∎ it pays to advertise la publicité paie
(b) (place advertisement) mettre une (petite) annonce
(c) (make a request) chercher par voie d'annonce;
∎ we advertised for a cook nous avons mis ou fait paraître une annonce pour trouver une cuisinière

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