What does advertising mean?

Definitions for advertising
ˈæd vərˌtaɪ zɪŋad·ver·tis·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ad, advertisement, advertizement, advertising, advertizing, advertnoun

    a public promotion of some product or service

  2. advertising, publicizingnoun

    the business of drawing public attention to goods and services

Wiktionary

  1. advertisingnoun

    communication whose purpose is to influence potential customers about products and services

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Advertising or Advertisingpart. adj.

    Active in giving intelligence; monitory: a word not now in use.

    Etymology: from advertise.

    As I was then
    Advertising, and holy to your business,
    Not changing heart with habit, I am still
    Attornied at your service. William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure.

Wikipedia

  1. Advertising

    Advertising is the practice and techniques employed to bring attention to a product or service. Advertising aims to put a product or service in the spotlight in hopes of drawing it attention from consumers. It is typically used to promote a specific good or service, but there are wide range of uses, the most common being the commercial advertisement. Commercial advertisements often seek to generate increased consumption of their products or services through "branding", which associates a product name or image with certain qualities in the minds of consumers. On the other hand, ads that intend to elicit an immediate sale are known as direct-response advertising. Non-commercial entities that advertise more than consumer products or services include political parties, interest groups, religious organizations and governmental agencies. Non-profit organizations may use free modes of persuasion, such as a public service announcement. Advertising may also help to reassure employees or shareholders that a company is viable or successful. In the 19th century, soap businesses were among the first to employ large-scale advertising campaigns. Thomas J. Barratt was hired by Pears to be its brand manager—the first of its kind—and in addition to creating slogans and images he recruited West End stage actress and socialite Lillie Langtry to become the poster-girl for Pears, making her the first celebrity to endorse a commercial product. Modern advertising originated with the techniques introduced with tobacco advertising in the 1920s, most significantly with the campaigns of Edward Bernays, considered the founder of modern, "Madison Avenue" advertising.Worldwide spending on advertising in 2015 amounted to an estimated US$529.43 billion. Advertising's projected distribution for 2017 was 40.4% on TV, 33.3% on digital, 9% on newspapers, 6.9% on magazines, 5.8% on outdoor and 4.3% on radio. Internationally, the largest ("Big Five") advertising agency groups are Omnicom, WPP, Publicis, Interpublic, and Dentsu.In Latin, advertere means "to turn towards".

ChatGPT

  1. advertising

    Advertising is a marketing tactic involving paying for space to promote a product, service, or cause. It involves the creation and dissemination of messages to targeted audiences to inform, persuade or remind them about a business, its products or services, with the aim of influencing consumer behavior in favor of the advertiser. The means of advertising can vary across different mediums such as television, radio, print publications, online platforms, outdoor displays, and more.

  2. advertising

    Advertising is a marketing strategy that involves communicating ideas or messages about products, services, or brands to potential consumers through various channels such as print media, digital media, TV, radio, or outdoor platforms with the aim of persuading or informing them to take a certain action, such as purchasing or adopting a specific product or service.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Advertising

    of Advertise

Wikidata

  1. Advertising

    Advertising or advertizing is a form of communication for marketing and used to encourage, persuade, or manipulate an audience to continue or take some new action. Most commonly, the desired result is to drive consumer behavior with respect to a commercial offering, although political and ideological advertising is also common. This type of work belongs to a category called affective labor. In Latin, ad vertere means "to turn the mind toward." The purpose of advertising may also be to reassure employees or shareholders that a company is viable or successful. Advertising messages are usually paid for by sponsors and viewed via various traditional media; including mass media such as newspaper, magazines, television commercial, radio advertisement, outdoor advertising or direct mail; or new media such as blogs, websites or text messages. Commercial advertisers often seek to generate increased consumption of their products or services through "branding," which involves associating a product name or image with certain qualities in the minds of consumers. Non-commercial advertisers who spend money to advertise items other than a consumer product or service include political parties, interest groups, religious organizations and governmental agencies. Nonprofit organizations may rely on free modes of persuasion, such as a public service announcement.

The Roycroft Dictionary

  1. advertising

    The education of the public as to who you are, where you are, and what you have to offer in way of skill, talent or commodity. The only man who should not advertise is the man who has nothing to offer the world in way of commodity or service.

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  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'advertising' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2649

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'advertising' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1822

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'advertising' in Nouns Frequency: #1097

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of advertising in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of advertising in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of advertising in a Sentence

  1. Tom Forte:

    The hope for eBay, in my opinion, is their ability to supplement the marketplace with advertising and a growing payments business, but I think the core marketplace is still a challenged business.

  2. Jennifer Taff:

    You can't turn around without seeing some advertising or mailers about voting.

  3. Corey Basch:

    We are seeing an influx of advertising aimed at parents for a wide array of products, including food and beverages, toothpaste and vitamins, this is a sad situation when it takes so much energy to sift through false claims and to determine which products are actually healthful ... advertising claims, especially when they are unsubstantiated, can certainly lead parents astray.

  4. Jen Shah:

    My background is in direct response marketing for about 20 years, so our company does advertising, we have a platform that helps people acquire customers, so when you’re shopping online or on the internet, and something pops, we have the algorithm behind why you’re getting served that ad.

  5. Mike Herring:

    It speaks to the broader strengths of the mobile advertising market and how it continues to grow.

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