Tra từ advertisement - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ad·ver·tise·ment [advertisement advertisements] BrE [ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt] NAmE [ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt] noun
1. countable (also informal ad) (BrE also informal ad·vert)~ (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.

see also ↑classified advertisements
2. countable (BrE also ad·vert)~ for sth an example of sth that shows its good qualities
• Dirty streets and homelessness are no advertisement for a prosperous society.
3. uncountable the act of advertising sth and making it public
•We are employing an assistant to help with the advertisement of the group's activities.
See also: ↑ad ▪ ↑advert

Word Origin:
late Middle English (denoting a statement calling attention to something): from Old French advertissement, from the verb advertir from Latin advertere ‘turn towards’, from ad- ‘to’ + vertere ‘to turn’.The original sense was ‘turn one's attention to’, later ‘bring to someone's attention’.

Thesaurus:
advertisement noun C
•I saw your advertisement in the paper.
publicity • • commercial • • promotion • • blurb • |especially BrE trailer • |informal plug • • ad • |BrE, informal advert •
(a/an) advertisement/publicity/commercial/promotion/blurb/trailer/plug/ad/advert for sth
(a) TV/television/radio/cinema advertisement/commercial/promotion/ad/advert
run/show a/an advertisement/commercial/trailer/ad/advert
put/place/take out an advertisement/ad/advert

Synonyms:
advertisement
publicity • ad • commercial • promotion • trailer
These are all words for a notice, picture or film/movie telling people about a product, job or service.
advertisement • a notice, picture or film/movie telling people about a product, job or service; an example of sth that shows its good qualities; the act of advertising sth and making it public: ▪ Put an advertisement in the local paper to sell your car. ◇ ▪ Dirty streets are no advertisement for a prosperous society.
publicity • [U] the business of attracting the attention of the public to sb/sth such as a company, book, film/movie, film/movie star or product; the things that are done to attract attention: ▪ She works in publicity. ◇ ▪ There has been a lot of advance publicity for her new film.
ad • (informal) a notice, picture or film/movie telling people about a product, job or service: ▪ We put an ad in the local paper. ◇ ▪ an ad for a new chocolate bar
commercial • an advertisement on television or on the radio.
promotion • a set of advertisements for a particular product or service; activities done in order to increase the sales of a product or service: ▪ a special promotion of local products ◇ ▪ She works in sales and promotion.
trailer • (especially BrE) a series of short scenes from a film/movie or television programme, shown in advance to advertise it.
(a/an) advertisement/publicity/ad/commercial/promotion/trailer for sth
a TV/television/radio/cinema advertisement/ad/commercial/promotion
to run/show a(n) advertisement/ad/commercial/trailer

Example Bank:
•He's a walking advertisement for healthy living.
•Television and radio refused to carry advertisements for the album.
•The classified advertisements are on page 25.
•We placed advertisements in a number of national newspapers.
•We are employing an assistant to help with the advertisement of the group's activities.