noun

• (British, informal) An advertisement, an ad.
  "This was a wonderful advert for the Premier League, with both Chelsea and United intent on all-out attack - but Ferguson will be concerned at how his side lost their way after imperiously controlling much of the first period."

verb

• (intransitive) To take notice, to pay attention (to).
  "At a time when creation seems to be endangered in so many ways through human activity, we should consciously advert to this dimension of Sunday, too."
• (obsolete, transitive) To turn attention to, to take notice of (something).
• (obsolete, transitive) To turn attention to, to take notice of (something).
  "To meditate, one must advert the mind toward the breath"
• (intransitive) To call attention, refer (to).
  "‘I have before suggested that a genuine blackguard is never without a pocket-handkerchief. But it is not to this fact that I now especially advert.’"