(adverts)
1.
An
advert is an announcement in a newspaper, on television, or on a poster about something such as a product, event, or job. (
BRIT; in AM, use ad
)
I saw an advert for a job with a large engineering company...
= ad, advertisement
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2.
If you say that an example of something is an advert for that thing in general, you mean that it shows how good that thing is. (BRIT)
This courtroom battle has been a poor advert for English justice.
= advertisement
N-COUNT: usu a N for n
3.
You can use
the adverts to refer to the interval in a commercial television programme, or between programmes, during which advertisements are shown. (
BRIT INFORMAL; in AM, use commercial break
)
After the adverts, the presenter tried to pretend that everything was back to normal.
= commercials
N-PLURAL: the N