- the attention that is given to somebody/something by newspapers, television, etc.
- good/bad/adverse publicity
- There has been a great deal of publicity surrounding his disappearance.
- The trial took place amid a blaze of (= a lot of) publicity.
Extra Examples- Taking part in the event will be good publicity for our school.
- The chairman resigned amid a storm of publicity over the bonus payments.
- The company had received bad publicity over a defective product.
- The media have begun to give greater publicity to the campaign against GM food.
- The release of the report was timed to generate maximum publicity.
- There was a lot of negative publicity surrounding the film.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- considerable
- enormous
- extensive
- …
- give somebody/something
- gain
- garner
- …
- surround something
- publicity about
- publicity for
- publicity over
- …
- a blaze of publicity
- a storm of publicity
- the glare of publicity
- …
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- the business of attracting the attention of the public to something/somebody; the things that are done to attract attention
- She works in publicity.
- There has been a lot of advance publicity for her new film.
- publicity material
- a publicity campaign
- The band dressed up as the Beatles as a publicity stunt.
- He’s in charge of the publicity for next year’s festival.
Synonyms advertisementadvertisementpublicity ▪ ad ▪ commercial ▪ promotion ▪ trailerThese are all words for a notice, picture or film telling people about a product, job or service.advertisement a notice, picture or film telling people about a product, job or service; an example of something that shows its good qualities; the act of advertising something and making it public:- They ran advertisements on TV and on social media.
- Dirty streets are no advertisement for a prosperous society.
- She works in publicity.
- There has been a lot of advance publicity for her new film.
- We put an ad on that website.
- an ad for a new chocolate bar
- a special promotion of local products
- She works in sales and promotion.
- (a/an) advertisement/publicity/ad/commercial/promotion/trailer for something
- a TV/television/radio/cinema advertisement/ad/commercial/promotion
- an online/internet advertisement/ad/commercial/promotion
- to run/show a(n) advertisement/ad/commercial/trailer
Extra Examples- The record company's publicity machine was working flat out.
- I read some publicity about vaccinations while waiting at the doctor's.
- He's better-looking in his publicity shots than he is in real life.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- advance
- material
- photograph
- shot
- …
- publicity about
- publicity for
- a lack of publicity
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French publicité, from public ‘public’, from Latin publicus, blend of poplicus ‘of the people’ (from populus ‘people’) and pubes ‘adult’.
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