jeudi 17 avril 2014

Notes on usage: 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 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 advertisement 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.

 

Patterns
*(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

 

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See also:

Common Phrasal Verbs Irregular Verbs List
Common Sentences Errors Frequently confused words
Common Clichés Thematic list of Idioms
Common misspellings Phrasal Verbs Particles list
Common Preposition Lista de Términos Gramaticales

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