describe or draw attention to (a product, service, or event) in a public medium in order to promote sales or attendance:a billboard advertising beer
publicize information about (a vacancy):for every job we advertise we get a hundred applicants [no object]:he advertised for dancers in the trade papers
make (a quality or fact) known:Meryl coughed briefly to advertise her presence
archaic notify (someone) of something:some prisoners advertised the French of this terrible danger