What does “commercial” mean?
- 1
adjectiveconnected with buying and selling things or making money
The film was a huge commercial success.
- 2
nounan advertisement on TV or radio
I hate the commercials during the game.
Commercial at a glance
- Part of speech
- adjective & noun
- CEFR level
- B1 (intermediate)
- Pronunciation
- /kəˈmɜrʃəl/ · kuh-MUR-shul
Common phrases with “commercial”
- commercial break
- TV commercial
- commercial success
Synonyms, opposites and related words
Synonyms (similar meaning)
- ad
- advertisement
Word family
- commerce
- commercially
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