advert(n = noun.communication) ad, advertisement, advertising, advertizement, advertizing - a public promotion of some product or service;
is a kind of packaging, promotion, promotional material, publicity
has particulars: direct mail, preview, prevue, trailer, advertorial, mailer, newspaper ad, newspaper advertisement, commercial, commercial message, bill, broadsheet, broadside, circular, flier, flyer, handbill, throwaway, teaser, top billing

1.  advert(v = verb.perception) attend, give ear, hang, pay heed - give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said"
is one way to listen
Derived forms noun advertence₁, noun advertency₁, adjective advertent₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s

2.  advert(v = verb.communication) allude, touch - make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it"
is one way to hint, suggest
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s PP

3.  advert(v = verb.communication) bring up, cite, mention, name, refer - make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"
is one way to have in mind, mean, think of
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s PP

   To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said. [1913 Webster]
"I may again advert to the distinction." [1913 Webster]

advert, n. Brit. colloq. an advertisement.

advert, v.intr. (foll. by to) literary refer in speaking or writing.

Etymology:
ME f. OF avertir f. L advertere: see ADVERSE