ad, advertisement, advertizement, advertising, advertizing, advert
(noun) a public promotion of some product or service
mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer
(verb) make reference to; “His name was mentioned in connection with the invention”
allude, touch, advert
(verb) make a more or less disguised reference to; “He alluded to the problem but did not mention it”
attend, hang, advert, pay heed, give ear
(verb) give heed (to); “The children in the audience attended the recital quietly”; “She hung on his every word”; “They attended to everything he said”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
advert (plural adverts)
(British, informal) An advertisement, an ad.
advert (third-person singular simple present adverts, present participle adverting, simple past and past participle adverted)
(intransitive) To take notice, to pay attention (to). [from 15th c.]
(obsolete, transitive) To turn attention to, to take notice of (something). [15th–19th c.]
(intransitive) To call attention, refer (to). [from 18th c.]
• refer
• varted
Source: Wiktionary
Ad*vert", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Adverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Adverting.] Etym: [L. advertere, v. t., to turn to; ad + vertere to turn: cf. F. avertir. See Advertise.]
Definition: To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said. I may again advert to the distinction. Owen.
Syn.- To refer; allude; regard. See Refer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 March 2025
(noun) the relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage)
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
