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1. A public promotion of some product or service
   - ad [informal], advertisement, advertizement [US, non-standard], advertising, advertizing [US, non-standard]

1. Give heed (to)
   "The children in the audience adverted the recital quietly";
   - attend, hang, pay heed, give ear
    
2. Make a more or less disguised reference to
   - allude, touch
    
3. Make reference to
   - mention, bring up, cite, name, refer

Derived forms: adverts, adverted, adverting

Type of: have in mind, hint, listen, mean, packaging, promo [informal], promotion, promotional material, publicity, suggest, think of

Encyclopedia: Advert, Gaye