1. A public promotion of some product or service
   "The company's new advert campaign significantly boosted sales";
   - ad [informal], advertisement, advertizement [US, non-standard], advertising, advertizing [US, non-standard]

1. Make reference to
   - mention, bring up, cite, name, refer
    
2. Make a more or less disguised reference to
   - allude, touch
    
3. Give heed (to)
   - attend, hang, pay heed, give ear [archaic]

Derived forms: adverts, adverting, adverted

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

Encyclopedia: Advert, Gaye