Hypes - English meaning

verb

Describe or draw attention to (a product, service, or event) in a public medium in order to promote sales or attendance.

Usage examples:

A billboard advertising beer

noun

The activity or profession of producing advertisements for commercial products or services.

Usage examples:

An advertising agency

verb

Describe or draw attention to (a product, service, or event) in a public medium in order to promote sales or attendance.

Usage examples:

A billboard advertising beer

noun

The business of drawing attention to goods and services

noun

Extravagant publicity or fuss.

Usage examples:

After all the ballyhoo, the film was a flop

verb

Praise or publicize extravagantly.

Usage examples:

Each company ballyhoos its product as though it were the most outstanding in all creation

noun

A lot of noise and activity, often with no real purpose

Usage examples:

I can't see what all this ballyhoo is about.

verb

Help or encourage (something) to increase or improve.

Usage examples:

A range of measures to boost tourism

noun

A source of help or encouragement leading to increase or improvement.

Usage examples:

The cut in interest rates will give a further boost to the economy

phrasal verb

Enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages

phrasal verb

To cause something to increase or become greater

Usage examples:

She does exercises daily to build up her strength., we tried to build his confidence up., the ads b…

phrasal verb

To increase in quantity, or to add more of something so it increases in quantity

Usage examples:

Build up shares/stock/wealth at this time of year, stores are building up stock for christmas., bui…

noun

The state of having no protection from something harmful.

Usage examples:

The dangers posed by exposure to asbestos

noun

A short ceremonial tune or flourish played on brass instruments, typically to introduce something or someone important.

Usage examples:

A specially composed fanfare announced the arrival of the duchess

noun

Showy activity meant to draw attention to something

Usage examples:

Earth day was observed without a great deal of fanfare this week.

noun

The action or business of promoting and selling products or services, including market research and advertising.

Usage examples:

The western arts of marketing and distribution

verb

Advertise or promote (something).

Usage examples:

The product was marketed under the name ‘aspirin’

noun

The commercial processes in promoting and selling something

noun

Goods to be bought and sold.

Usage examples:

Shops which offered an astonishing range of merchandise

verb

Promote the sale of (goods), especially by their presentation in retail outlets.

Usage examples:

A new breakfast food can easily be merchandised

noun

Commodities offered for sale

noun

A piece of solid material fitting tightly into a hole and blocking it up.

Usage examples:

Somewhere in the pipes there is a plug of ice blocking the flow

verb

Short for fireplug.

verb

Block or fill in (a hole or cavity).

Usage examples:

Trucks arrived loaded with gravel to plug the hole and clear the road

noun

A piece of solid material fitting tightly into a hole and blocking it up.

Usage examples:

Somewhere in the pipes there is a plug of ice blocking the flow

noun

A device for making an electrical connection between an appliance and the mains, consisting of an insulated casing with metal pins that fit into holes in a socket.

Usage examples:

The cable is fitted with a two-pin plug

verb

Support or actively encourage (a cause, venture, etc.); further the progress of.

Usage examples:

Some regulation is still required to promote competition

verb

Assign to a higher position

verb

To advertise something in order to sell it

Usage examples:

The new model cars are being heavily promoted on television., a new campaign has been launched to p…

noun

Activity that supports or encourages a cause, venture, or aim.

Usage examples:

The promotion of cultural and racial diversity

noun

The advancement of someone to a more important rank or position

Usage examples:

[ c/u ] she’s been recommended for a promotion.

noun

The process or fact of giving someone a higher or more important job

Usage examples:

Employees worry that saying 'no' to the boss decreases their chances of advancement and promotion.,…

noun

Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.

Usage examples:

He was charged with distributing enemy propaganda

noun

Information or ideas that are spread by an organized group or government to influence people’s opinions, esp. by not giving all the facts or by secretly emphasizing only one way of looking at the facts

noun

Information, ideas, opinions, or images that give one part of an argument, which are broadcast, published, etc. in order to influence people's opinions

Usage examples:

A propaganda campaign/tool/exercise the report is just a political propaganda tool., anti-governmen…

noun

Notice or attention given to someone or something by the media.

Usage examples:

The case attracted wide publicity in the press

noun

The activity of making certain that someone or something attracts a lot of interest or attention from many people, or the attention received as a result of this activity

Usage examples:

The publicity surrounding the case made jury selection difficult., his speech attracted a lot of pu…

noun

The attention that a person, product, or organization receives from newspapers, television, etc. when something happens that people are interested in

Usage examples:

Get/receive/seek publicity the book didn't get much publicity when it was published., attract/avoid…

verb

Make (something) widely known.

Usage examples:

Use the magazine to publicize human rights abuses

verb

Make known to people as a whole

verb

To make information available about someone or something

Usage examples:

Luna has helped publicize the problem of homelessness.

noun

A short, explosive burst of breath or wind.

Usage examples:

A puff of wind swung the weathercock round

verb

Breathe in repeated short gasps.

Usage examples:

Exercises that make you puff

noun

Exaggerated or false praise.

Usage examples:

His puffery actually was not far from the truth

noun

The act of praising someone or something too much in a way that is not sincere

Usage examples:

It's usually easy to tell the difference between sales puffery and fact., his book avoids academic …

verb

Exert force on (someone or something) in order to move them away from oneself.

Usage examples:

She pushed her glass towards him

noun

An act of pushing someone or something in order to move them away from oneself.

Usage examples:

He closed the door with a push

verb

Move with force, "he pushed the table into a corner"

noun

Noisy, showy, and exciting activity and display designed to attract and impress.

Usage examples:

The razzmatazz of a political campaign

phrasal verb

Discuss someone or something in a way that makes them seem more interesting or attractive.

Usage examples:

He is talking up the company to stock analysts

phrasal verb

To speak in a positive way about something or someone in order to persuade others

Usage examples:

The candidate talked up his own plan to provide coverage for 27 million uninsured americans.

phrasal verb

To speak with enthusiasm about something, often so that it sounds better than it really is

Usage examples:

The sales team has been keen to talk up the promotion.