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advertisement
/ˌædvɚˈtaɪzmənt/
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ad-ver-TIZE-munt: stress TIZE.
Use the vowel in my there. Another pronunciation stresses the second syllable and uses a shorter vowel later.
4 syllables · Stress on syllable 3
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“The advertisement appeared on the last page.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does advertisement mean?
noun
- A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.
- A public notice.
- A recommendation of a particular product, service or person.
More meanings (3)
noun
- In gin rummy, the discarding of a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it.
- (obsolete) Notoriety.
- (literary, obsolete) A preface.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌædvɚˈtaɪzmənt/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Other dictionary pronunciations
/ˈædvɚˌtaɪzmənt//ədˈvɝtɪzmənt/
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Ours is an old-established house with a large family connection, and every assurance held out in the advertisement is fully realized.
“Don’t know the name, sir. Was answering an advertisement about typewriting and came to the wrong number—very pleasant, genteel young woman, sir.”
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The boy might regard the picture of the garden of the Hesperides only as an advertisement of what was over the fence.
Liddy, the maltster’s great-granddaughter, was about Bathsheba’s equal in age, and her face was a prominent advertisement of the light-hearted English country girl.
A few years ago there appeared an advertisement in the papers, offering a considerable income for the payment of one or two pounds.