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Definition: Advertisement

Advertisement

Noun

1. A public promotion of some product or service.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "advertisement" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Advertisement

DomainDefinition

Business

Public announcement intended to promote the sale, purchase or rental of a product or service to advance a cause or idea or to bring about some other effect desired by the advertiser, for which transmission time has been given to the advertiser for remuneration or similar consideration. Source: European Union. (references)

Dream Interpretation

To dream that you are getting out advertisements, denotes that you will have to resort to physical labor to promote your interest, or establish your fortune.
To read advertisements, denotes that enemies will overtake you, and defeat you in rivalry. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Advertising

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Advertising is the promotion of goods, services, companies and ideas, most often through paid messages.

Commercial messages have been found in the ruins of Pompeii, but the first advertising agency was started by Volney Palmer in Philadelphia in 1843.

Unpaid advertising can provide good exposure at minimal cost. Personal recommendations ("bring a friend", "sell it by zealot"), the unleashing of memes into the wild, or achieving the feat of equating a brand with a common noun ("Hoover" = "vacuum cleaner") -- these must provide the stuff of fantasy to the holder of an advertising budget.

Advertising media

Some commercial advertising media include: billboardss, printed flyers, radio, cinema and television ads, web banners, skywriting, bus stop benches, magazines, newspapers, town criers, sides of buses, taxi cab doors, elastic bands on disposable diapers, the opening section of streaming audio and video, and the backs of event tickets. Any place an "identified" sponsor pays to deliver their message through a medium is advertising. Covert advertising embedded in other entertainment media is known as product placement.

The TV commercial is generally considered the most effective mass-market advertising format and this is reflected by the high prices TV networks charge for commercial airtime during popular TV events. The annual Super Bowl football game is known as much for its commercial advertisements as for the game itself, and the average cost of a single thirty-second TV spot during this game has reached $2 million (as of 2003).

Advertising on the World Wide Web is a recent phenomenon. Prices of Web-based advertising space are dependent on the "relevance" of the surrounding Web content. E-mail advertising is another recent phenomenon. Unsolicited E-mail advertising is known as "spam".

Some companies have proposed to place messages or corporate logos on the side of booster rockets and the International Space Station. Controversy exists on the effectiveness of subliminal advertising (see mind control), and the pervasiveness of mass messages (see propaganda).

Advertising objectives

Advertising ultimately seeks to establish what is called "mind share". Mind share is the status a brand can achieve when it co-exists with deeper, more empirical categories of objects. Kleenex, for example, can distinguish itself as a type of tissue. But, because it has gained mind share amongst consumers, it is frequently used as a term to identify any tissue, even if it is from an opposing brand. One of the most successful firms to have achieved this is Hoover (as mentioned above) whose name was for a very long time synonymous with vacuum cleaner (and Dyson has subsequently managed to achieve similar status, having moved into the Hoover market with a more sophisticated model of vacuum cleaner).

Mind share can be established to a greater or lesser degree depending on product and market. In Texas, for example, it is common to hear people refer to any soft drink as a Coke, regardless of whether it is actually produced by Coca-Cola or not (the more accurate term would be 'cola').

A legal risk of mind share is that the name can become so widely accepted that it becomes a generic term, and loses trademark protection. Examples include "escalator", "aspirin" and "mimeograph".

Other objectives include short or long term increases in sales, market share, awareness, product information, and image improvement.

Advertising Techniques

Advertisers use several recognizable techniques in order to better convince the public to buy a product. These may include:

A popular belief among many segments of society is that subliminal messages are commonly used in advertising, though this is seen by experts as little more than an urban legend.

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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Advertising."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Advertisement

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
ad.EnglishAdvertisementN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Advertisement

Synonyms: ad (n), advert (n), advertising (n), advertizement (n), advertizing (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Advertisement

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Indication

Notification; (information); advertisement; (publication).

Publication

Circular, circular letter; manifesto, advertisement, ad., placard, bill, affiche, broadside, poster; notice.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Advertisement

English words defined with "advertisement": ad agency, advertising agency, advertorial, Avertimentbill, broadsheet, broadside, Business cardcard, circularflier, flyerhandbillMailernewspaper ad, newspaper advertisement, noticeplacard, poster, posting, preview, prevueshow billthrowaway, top billing, trailerwant ad. (references)
Specialty definitions using "advertisement": ad clerk, ad maker, ADVERTISING-DISPATCH CLERK, ADVERTISING-SPACE CLERK, ASSIGNMENT CLERKbody copycamera ready, CLASSIFIED-AD CLERK IDARLING, demosceneGARDENLAY-OUT FORMER, LSAmailing piece, MANAGER, TOBACCO WAREHOUSE, MANUGRAPHER, mouse matn.r., next to reading matter, next-to-editorialopportunity to seepainted bulletin, PEAR, PRODUCTION MANAGER, ADVERTISINGQuack Medicinereal-estate agent, REAL-ESTATE CLERK, REMINGTONSALES AGENT, REAL ESTATE, schedule clerk, space clerk, SUPERVISOR, CLASSIFIED ADVERTISINGTIFFANYVine Technology. (references)

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Modern Usage: Advertisement

DomainUsage

Screenplays

You have a good imagination, you must be in advertisement! (Amores perros; writing credit: Guillermo Arriaga)

Movie/TV Titles

Sex by Advertisement (1969)

This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement (1988)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Advertisement

DomainTitle

Books

  • Act Now! Offer Ends Soon: How to Be a Walking Advertisement for Jesus (reference)

  • Advertisement Book (reference)

  • Advertising Fictions: Literature, Advertisement, and Social Reading (Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms) (reference)

  • An Advertisement Touching a Holy War (reference)

  • Antique Automobile Advertisement Postcards (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Advertisement

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Photo Album: Advertisement

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Advertisement for headboats on the Woodcliff Canal. Credit: Fisheries.

Advertisement on rockRock CanyonBallou Latimer DruggistsFour Rivers Field OfficeLSRDLower Snake River District. Credit: Unknown.

Caption: Advertisement for the Electrip Ediphone, Edison Operating Ediphone; Unknown Date; {14.645/15} (jpg).

Caption: Newspaper Advertisement for Walter R. Miller and Co., Edison Dictating Machines; Unknown Date; {29.001/41} (jpg).

[Dental Instruments & Apparatus: Advertisement for American Dental Chair Co.] / Tuttle. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

This advertisement is to inform our customers and others, ... Credit: National Library of Medicine.

A colossal advertisement. Credit: Library of Congress.

Advertisement for Southern Pacific Railway, showing new streamlined train, interior of dining car, and map of four routes of Southern Pacific. Credit: Library of Congress.

Composite of 16 printers' advertisement labels. Credit: Library of Congress.

Movie advertisement on side of building. Welch, West Virginia. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Advertisement
 

"Bus Advert" by Nicholas Ong
Commentary: "Advertisement on a bus."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Advertisement

AuthorQuotation

John Ruskin

You should read books like you take medicine, by advice, and not by advertisement.

Samuel Johnson

Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Advertisement

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

Prospects for the German advertisement market continue look positive. (references)

Media expenditures constitute the bulk of the total advertisement industry in Germany. (references)

This is mainly due to the time restriction for advertisement on German television channels. (references)

Civil Liberties

Morocco

The ban was lifted when the King invited him to appear in a public service advertisement for the Mohammed V Foundation. (references)

Peru

On April 17, Telefonica published another advertisement saying that the cancellation of CCN's frequency was a business decision that was communicated to CCN in advance. (references)

Kyrgyz Republic

A case was in the appeals process against Mezon Television for broadcasting a candidate's political advertisement, which allegedly had the potential to inspire interethnic hatred during the parliamentary elections. (references)

Economic History

Armenia

An advertisement may be copyrighted under Armenian law. (references)

Pakistan

Advertising agency commissions are usually 15 percent of the cost of the advertisement. (references)

Croatia

Croatian regulations prohibit television advertisement of tobacco, alcohol, and spirits. (references)

Minorities

Romania

On May 7, Romani CRISS filed a complaint against a Bucharest-based advertising newspaper, which in March had published an advertisement for security guards that overtly excluded Roma. (references)

Political Economy

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Such delegation of responsibility may include processing import approval documentation prior to customs clearance (allowing local trade associations to obtain business confidential information on incoming shipments), advertisement pre-approvals (providing early warning on the introduction of new products and on competitors' marketing efforts), and a decision-making seat on various committees (usually not available to foreign firms). (references)

Trade

Singapore

Generally, labeling laws require that: 1) the composition of the products be disclosed in English: 2) labels/packaging materials must not contain any reference to diseases/conditions as specified in the schedule to the Medicines (Advertisement & Sale) Act; and 3) the advertising/sales promotion of the product in the public media be approved by the Centre for Pharmaceutical Administration of the Health Sciences Authority, Ministry of Health. (references)

Travel

Croatia

Office space or housing can be rented through a specialized local agency or by placing an advertisement in a local daily newspaper. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Advertisement

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837In law and honesty the notes of the bank in circulation at the expiration of its charter should have been called in by public advertisement, paid up as presented, and, together with those on hand, canceled and destroyed.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Advertisement

"Advertisement" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.82% of the time. "Advertisement" is used about 1,110 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)99.82%1,1086,834
Noun (proper)0.09%1339,140
Noun (common)0.09%1339,140
                    Total100.00%1,110N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Advertisement

Expressions using "advertisement": advertisement column advertisement hoarding aggressive advertisement classified advertisement direct mail advertisement job advertisement newspaper advertisement persuasive advertisement. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "advertisement": advertisement-inspired, advertisement-ridden.

Ending with "advertisement": re-advertisement, self-advertisement.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Advertisement

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

advertisement

2,013

banner advertisement

20

free advertisement

150

advertisement nike

20

car advertisement

101

accord advertisement honda

19

advertisement honda

71

advertisement beer

19

magazine advertisement

54

advertisement car free

19

funny advertisement

49

advertisement billboard

18

magnetic advertisement sign

46

free web site advertisement

17

job advertisement

40

1920s advertisement

17

alcohol advertisement

37

advertisement flying

17

vintage advertisement

36

advertisement history

17

cigarette advertisement

36

subliminal advertisement

16

tobacco advertisement

33

radio advertisement

16

old advertisement

31

advertisement cog honda

15

1950s advertisement

29

newspaper advertisement

15

coca cola advertisement

25

pepsi advertisement

15

false advertisement

23

company advertisement

14

smoking advertisement

22

advertisement classified commercial free internet

14

advertisement picture

22

internet advertisement

14

television advertisement

21

advertisement honolulu

14

pop up advertisement

21

advertisement print

13
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Advertisement

Language Translations for "advertisement"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

advertensie (ad, announcement). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

reklamë (ad, circular, commercial, commercial break, dodger, headline, plug, poster, prospectus, publicity, reclame, show card), njoftim (announcement, annunciation, banns, blurb, cry, data, despatch, dispatch, information, knowledge, message, news, note, notice, notification, placard, proclamation, report, service, tidings, tip off), lajmërim në gazetë. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏الإعلان عن السلع (advertising), ‏إعلان (ad, advertising, announcement, annunciation, bill, bush, declaration, exploitation, gazette, notification, pitch, placard, poster, proclamation, profession, promulgation, pronunciation, protestation, publicity, sign, spot). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

съобщение (communication, intimation, knowledge, message, notice, notification, report, transmission, word), реклама (ad, advertising, boost, promotion, prospectus, publicity, reclame, show, sign, signboard), рекламиране (advertising), обява (ad, announcement, bill, notice, notification, poster, ticket). (various references)

   

Catalan

  

anuncio (ad, announcement). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

广告 (AD, Ad-, Advert, advertizement). (various references)

   

Czech

  

reklama (ad, advert, advertising, commercial, plug, publicity), inzerát (ad, insertion). (various references)

   

Danish

  

reklame (ad, advert), annonce (ad, announcement). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

advertentie (ad, announcement), aankondiging (ad, announcement, notice, notification), reclame (ad, advert), bericht (account, ad, advice, announcement, communication, errand, information, message, notice, report). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

anonco (ad), reklamo. (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

lýsing (ad, announcement). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

mainos (ad, advert), ilmoitus (ad, announcement, information, notice, notification, statement). (various references)

   

French

  

annonce (ad, advert), réclame (ad, advert, advertising), publicité (ad, advert, advertising). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

advertinsje (ad, announcement), oankundiging (ad, announcement). (various references)

   

German

  

Anzeige (accusation, ad, advertisement (ad), announcement, declaration, display, dump, indexing, indication, indicator, legal proceedings, notice, notification, proclamation, reading, readout, report, statement), Reklame (ad, advert, advertising, billing, commercial, junk mail, publicity), Inserat (ad, advert, advertisment, announcement, insert, insertion), Annonce (ad, announcement), Werbung (advertising, advt, attracting, build up, courting, courtship, pre-election publicity, promotion, propaganda, publicity, publicity department, recruitment, suit, winning), Ankündigung (advance notice, announcement, introduction, notice, notification). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

διαφήμιση (ad, advert, advertising, commercial, publicity). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מודעה (ad, announcement, declaration, notice), פרסומת (advertising, publicity). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

reklám (ad, announcement, ballyho, boost, claptrap, commercial, hype, publicity), hirdetés (ad, advert, advertising, insertion, notice, placard, poster, publicity). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

adpertensi, iklan (ad, boost). (various references)

   

Irish

  

fógraíocht (ad), fógra (ad, sign). (various references)

   

Italian

  

inserzione (ad, advert, announcement, fitting, inserting, insertion), pubblicità (advertising, plug, publicity), avviso (ad, advice, announcement, counsel, notice, notification, opinion, warning), annuncio (ad, announcement, cry, intimation, notice, spot). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

広告 , 広告 , アドオン方式 (ad campaign, ad hoc, ad man, ad-balloon, add-on, ad-hocracy, admin, admission, Admission Free, admittance, advance, advanced, advantage, advantage rule, adventure, advertising, advice, adviser), アトピー性皮膚炎 (ad, ad impact, add-on, add-on module, adobe, at random, atmosphere, atom, atomic, atopic dermatitis, atrium, attraction, attractive, attractor, attribute, autoload, studio). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

こうこく (appeal, complaint, duchy, dukedom, Japan, making a country prosperous, official notice, principality, prosperous country, protest, public announcement, theempire), アドバタイズメント , アド (ad). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

광고 (Advert, Advertising, advertizement, advertizing). (various references)

   

Lombard

  

annunc (ad, announcement). (various references)

   

Malay

  

adpertensi (ad, announcement), pemberitahuan (ad, announcement), iklan (ad, announcement). (various references)

   

Manx

  

soilsheen (advert), soilshaghey (characterize, declaration, demonstrate, describe, exhibit, explain, illuminate, illumination, illustrate, interpret, interpretation, irradiate, irradiation, light, lighten, manifest, manifestation, notify, publication, publish, represent, show, show forth). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

annonse (ad, announcement). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

aviso (ad, announcement), atvertensia (ad, announcement), anunsio (ad, announcement). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

advertisementay.(various references)

   

Polish

  

ogłoszenie (ad, announcement). (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

anúncio (ad, advertising, notice, notification, placard, playbill, poster), publicidade (advertising, light, limelight, publicity, publicness, spotlight), propaganda (advertising, commercial, propaganda, publicity). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

anunţ (ad, advert, announcement, bill, insertion, notice). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

реклама;объявление (advertisment), реклама (ad, ads, adt advertisement, advt, advt advertisement, circular, neon sign, reclame, show card), объявление (ad, adt advertisement, advt advertisement, announcement, annunciation, classified ad, declaration, insertion, notice, notification, poster, proclamation, pronouncing, want ad), анонс (ad, preview). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

rabhadh (a warning). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

reklama (ad, plug, reclame). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

anuncio (ad, advert, announcement, bulletin, catchword, commercial, notice, notification, sign), reclamo (advertising, birdcall, catchword, decoy, publicity, quail-call, quail-pipe), aviso (ad, advice, announcement, aviso, demand, message, notice, notification, prompt, recall, tip, warning, word). (various references)

   

Swahili

  

tangazo (ad, announcement). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

reklam (ad, advert, advertising, publicity, puff, reclame), annons (ad, advert, announcement), annonsering (advertising). (various references)

   

Tagalog

  

anúnsiyo (ad, announcement). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

reklam (ad, announcement), reklâm (ad, advert, advertising, ballyhoo, build up, canvassing, commercial, plug, promo, promotion, promotional, publicity, spot), ilan (advert, advertising, announcement, annunciation, enunciation, insert, insertion, notice, proclamation, promulgation, publication, show card), duyuru (ad, advert, announcement, annunciation, bulletin, communique, notice, notification, proclamation, publication), ílan (ad, announcement). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

reklama (r). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

сповіщення (announcement, annunciation, note, notice, notification), реклама (advertising, blurb, build up, circular, dodger, public relations, publicity), оголошення (advert, announcement, annunciation, declaration, enunciation, intimation, notice, notification, poster, pronouncement, pronouncing, publication), оповіщення, звістка (news, note, report, word), анонс (announcement, card, preview). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

tờ yết thị, sự quảng cáo, mục quảng cáo. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

hysbysiad (announcement), hysbyseb. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Advertisement

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

ostentui. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Advertisement

Derivations

Words beginning with "advertisement": advertisements. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Advertisement" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adverisement, advertisment, advertivement, advervisement. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Advertisement"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "advertisement" (pronounced udver"tuzmunt or a'dvertī"zmunt)
5-z m u n taggrandizement, amazement, amusement, appeasement, advisement, disenfranchisement, easement.
4-m u n tagreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amendment, announcement, annulment, antigovernment, apartment, appointment, apportionment, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjournment, adjustment, adornment, advancement, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, atonement, attachment, attainment, banishment, basement, battlement, bemusement, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complement, comportment, concealment, condiment, confinement, consignment, containment, contentment, copayment, curtailment, impairment, impeachment, impediment, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, debarment, debasement, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, detachment, determent, detriment, development, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discouragement, disenchantment, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, displacement, divestment, dormant, element, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, excitement, excrement, experiment, extinguishment, figment, filament, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, government, harassment, incitement, inclement, increment, indictment, inducement, informant, infotainment, infringement, installment, instrument, integument, internment, intersegment, investment, involvement, judgement, judgment, ligament, maltreatment, management, measurement, micromanagement, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, movement, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ointment, ornament, orpiment, outplacement, overpayment, overstatement, parchment, parliament, pavement, payment, pigment, placement, postponement, postretirement, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, presentment, procurement, pronouncement, punishment, puzzlement, readjustment, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recruitment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refurbishment, regiment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, repayment, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, restatement, retirement, retrenchment, rudiment, sacrament, sediment, segment, sentiment, settlement, shipment, statement, supplement, temperament, tenement, testament, tournament, treatment, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, vehement, wonderment.
3-u n tagent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant.
6-ī" z m u n tadvisement.
5-z m u n taggrandizement, amazement, amusement, appeasement, disenfranchisement, easement.
4-m u n tagreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amendment, announcement, annulment, antigovernment, apartment, appointment, apportionment, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjournment, adjustment, adornment, advancement, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, atonement, attachment, attainment, banishment, basement, battlement, bemusement, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complement, comportment, concealment, condiment, confinement, consignment, containment, contentment, copayment, curtailment, impairment, impeachment, impediment, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, debarment, debasement, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, detachment, determent, detriment, development, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discouragement, disenchantment, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, displacement, divestment, dormant, element, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, excitement, excrement, experiment, extinguishment, figment, filament, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, government, harassment, incitement, inclement, increment, indictment, inducement, informant, infotainment, infringement, installment, instrument, integument, internment, intersegment, investment, involvement, judgement, judgment, ligament, maltreatment, management, measurement, micromanagement, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, movement, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ointment, ornament, orpiment, outplacement, overpayment, overstatement, parchment, parliament, pavement, payment, pigment, placement, postponement, postretirement, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, presentment, procurement, pronouncement, punishment, puzzlement, readjustment, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recruitment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refurbishment, regiment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, repayment, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, restatement, retirement, retrenchment, rudiment, sacrament, sediment, segment, sentiment, settlement, shipment, statement, supplement, temperament, tenement, testament, tournament, treatment, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, vehement, wonderment.
3-u n tagent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Advertisement

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-e-i-m-n-r-s-t-t-v"

-2 letters: determinate, reestimated.

-3 letters: advisement, anteverted, denervates, determents, determines, detriments, divestment, entreaties, interested, inveterate, martensite, misentered, mistreated, reestimate, reinstated, reinvested, remediates, revetments, straitened, terminated, terminates, travestied.

-4 letters: admitters, advertent, advertise, amnestied, anteverts, antimeres, attendees, attenders, averments, deaneries, dementias, denervate, derivates, detainees, detainers, determent, determine, detersive, detriment, diameters, dreamiest, edentates, emendates, enervated, enervates, entreated, entremets.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-e-i-m-n-r-s-t-t-v"
 

+1 letter: advertisements, advertizements, determinatives.

 

+4 letters: demonstrativeness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Quotations: Speeches
12. Usage Frequency
13. Expressions
14. Expressions: Internet
15. Translations: Modern
16. Translations: Ancient
17. Abbreviations
18. Acronyms
19. Derivations
20. Rhymes
21. Anagrams
22. Bibliography


  

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