- publicity
- noun1 media attentionADJECTIVE▪ considerable, enormous, extensive, greater, wide, widespread▪
The papers have begun to give greater publicity to the campaign against GM food.
▪ maximum▪The release of the report was timed to generate maximum publicity.
▪ favourable/favorable, good, positive▪ adverse, bad, negative, unfavourable/unfavorable, unwanted, unwelcome (esp. BrE)▪ free▪ international, local, nationalVERB + PUBLICITY▪ give sb/sth▪ gain, garner, get, receive▪ attract, generate▪ seek▪ avoid, shunPUBLICITY + VERB▪ surround sth▪There was a lot of negative publicity surrounding the movie.
PREPOSITION▪ publicity about▪There has been a lot of negative publicity about the hospital.
▪ publicity for▪Taking part in the event will be good publicity for our school.
▪ publicity over▪The company had received bad publicity over a defective product.
PHRASES▪ a blaze of publicity (esp. BrE), a storm of publicity▪The movie stars were married amid a blaze of publicity.
▪The chairman resigned in a storm of publicity over the bonus payments.
▪ the glare of publicity▪He carried on his life in the full glare of publicity.
2 advertisingADJECTIVE▪ advancePUBLICITY + NOUN▪ material, photograph, shot▪He's better-looking in his publicity shots than he is in real life.
▪ campaign▪ stunt▪The actress denied that her marriage was just a publicity stunt.
▪ agent, department, officer (BrE)▪ machine▪The record company's publicity machine was working flat out.
PREPOSITION▪ publicity about▪I read some publicity about vaccinations while waiting my turn at the doctor's.
▪ publicity for▪There have been months of advance publicity for the show.
PHRASES▪ a lack of publicity
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
