Advert vs Advertisements - What's the difference?
advert | advertisements |
(British, informal) An advertisement, an ad.
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To turn attention.
To call attention, refer; construed with to.
*1842 , (Edgar Allan Poe), ‘The Mystery of Marie Rogêt’:
*:‘I have before suggested that a genuine blackguard is never without a pocket-handkerchief. But it is not to this fact that I now especially advert .’
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As nouns the difference between advert and advertisements
is that advert is (british|informal) an advertisement, an ad while advertisements is .As a verb advert
is to turn attention.advert
English
(wikipedia advert)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=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. }}
citation, passage=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
(en verb)- 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.