publicise

«publicise» in Mova's school dictionary: To make information about something known to many people… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (publicise, publicises, publicised, publicising); US spelling publicize

meaning for a pupil

To make information about something known to many people, especially by advertising or reporting it. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in school and everyday life: pupils publicise a bake sale with posters, assemblies and the newsletter. In media lessons, companies publicise products and news publicises events. Phrase: «widely publicised».

examples

• We made posters to publicise the school fair. tree →
• The charity publicised its fun run on social media. tree →
• The case was widely publicised in the news. tree →
• Don't publicise your address online. tree →
• The band publicised their new song on the radio. tree →
• The council publicised the new bus times. tree →

note

Regular verb; -ise in UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ; -ize in US and Canada. Related: public, publicity. Online safety: never publicise personal details like your address or school.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «publicise» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.