Advert \Ad*vert"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Adverted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Adverting}.] [L. advertere, v. t., to turn to; ad + vertere to turn: cf. F. avertir. See {Advertise}.] To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said.
I may again advert to the distinction. --Owen.
Syn: Syn.- To refer; allude; regard. See {Refer}.
In any case, success or failure in these programmes is, as an FT advert might remind us, 'not black and white'. The outputs of research and development filter down over a long period of time.
"They figure it's not a very good advert."
We wanted to provoke debate.' One advert detailed the cost, about Dollars 500m, of subsidising state companies between 1984-86. 'Nobody had really exposed this before.
Only a little one, though I imagined it would have a telephone. Then I read Mercedes' advert, and that boracic reference to people who may never enjoy a second one.
'If you'd like to know more, we'd like to know you', trill the CINVen adverts. Perhaps, the advert is some sort of customer initiative test to weed out the non-starters.
One advert showed a picture of a man with Down's syndrome above the slogan: 'One of the 480,000 people made homeless last year.'