shun publicity
1publicity — n. 1) to give, provide publicity 2) to gain, receive; seek publicity 3) to avoid, shun publicity 4) extensive, wide publicity 5) publicity for 6) (misc.) a blaze of publicity (they left for Europe in a blaze of publicity) * * * [pʌ blɪsɪtɪ]… …
2publicity — noun 1 media attention ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, enormous, extensive, greater, wide, widespread ▪ The papers have begun to give greater publicity to the campaign against GM food. ▪ …
3publicity*/ — [pʌbˈlɪsəti] noun [U] attention in newspapers and on television a publicity campaign (= an attempt to get publicity)[/ex] Her behaviour during the filming attracted a lot of publicity.[/ex] • Words often used with publicity Adjectives often used… …
4shun — [ʃʌn] v past tense and past participle shunned present participle shunning [T] [: Old English; Origin: scunian] to deliberately avoid someone or something ▪ a shy woman who shunned publicity ▪ Victims of the disease found themselves shunned by… …
5publicity */*/ — UK [pʌbˈlɪsətɪ] / US noun [uncountable] 1) attention in magazines, newspapers, or television Her behaviour during the filming attracted a lot of free publicity. a publicity campaign (= an attempt to get publicity) • Collocations: Adjectives… …
6shun — verb Shun is used with these nouns as the object: ↑limelight, ↑publicity, ↑spotlight …
7shun — [[t]ʃʌ̱n[/t]] shuns, shunning, shunned VERB If you shun someone or something, you deliberately avoid them or keep away from them. [V n] From that time forward everybody shunned him... [V n] He has always shunned publicity... [V …
8shun — transitive verb (shunned; shunning) Etymology: Middle English shonen, shunnen, from Old English scunian Date: before 12th century to avoid deliberately and especially habitually < shuns publicity > Synonyms: see escape • shunner noun …
9shun — verb (T) to avoid someone or something deliberately: a shy woman who shunned publicity | Victims of the disease found themselves shunned by society …
10shun — verb he shunned publicity Syn: avoid, evade, eschew, steer clear of, shy away from, fight shy of, keep one s distance from, give a wide berth to, have nothing to do with; snub, give someone the cold shoulder, cold shoulder, ignore, look right… …
