slogan

slogan
noun
ADJECTIVE
catchy (informal), snappy
popular
famous
new, old
simple
empty, hollow

The ‘freedom to learn’ has become just another one of the government's empty slogans.

anti-government, anti-war, etc.
ad (esp. AmE), advertising, marketing
campaign, election (esp. BrE), political
patriotic, revolutionary
bumper-sticker (esp. AmE), T-shirt
VERB + SLOGAN
coin, come up with, invent
adopt (sth as), have (sth as), use (sth as)
chant, shout
spout

The Left was still spouting old Marxist slogans.

bear, be emblazoned with, carry (esp. BrE)

T-shirts bearing anti-war slogans

This year's safety campaign carries the slogan ‘Wear a seat belt—every time!’.

daub, paint, write

Slogans had been daubed on the walls.

be summed up by, be summed up in

The principle is summed up by the slogan ‘Trade, not aid’.

SLOGAN + VERB
go, say

We switched the car stereo to WKTU, ‘the beat of New York’, as its slogan goes.

PREPOSITION
on the slogan

They fought the election on the slogan ‘The time has come’.

under a/the slogan

They protested under the slogan ‘When women stop, everything stops!’

slogan for

the slogan for the 2012 London Olympics

slogan of

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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Synonyms:
(of a Highland clan) / (of soldiers)


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  • Slogan — Slogan …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • slogan — [ slɔgɑ̃ ] n. m. • 1930; « cri de guerre » 1842; mot angl. (v. 1850); mot écossais, du gaélique « cri (gairm) d un clan (sluagh) » ♦ Formule concise et frappante, utilisée par la publicité, la propagande politique, etc. ⇒ devise. Slogan… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • slogan — SLOGÁN, sloganuri, s.n. Formulă pregnantă, concludentă care exprimă în chip lapidar ţelurile politice, economice ale unor grupuri, organizaţii etc. sau o problemă de actualitate. – Din fr., engl. slogan. Trimis de IoanSoleriu, 01.07.2008. Sursa:… …   Dicționar Român

  • slogan — slo‧gan [ˈsləʊgən ǁ ˈsloʊ ] noun [countable] MARKETING a short phrase that is easy to remember and is used by an advertiser, organization, or other group: • We need an advertising slogan for the new campaign. • The Department of Commerce adopted… …   Financial and business terms

  • Slogan — Sm Wahlspruch erw. fach. (20. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. slogan, dieses aus gäl. sluaghghairm Kampfruf , zu gäl. sluagh Heer und gäl. gairm schreien, rufen .    Ebenso nndl. slogan, nfrz. slogan, nschw. slogan, nnorw. slogan. ✎ DF 4 (1978) …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • slogan — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 8}}rz. mnż I, D. u, Mc. slogannie {{/stl 8}}{{stl 20}} {{/stl 20}}{{stl 12}}1. {{/stl 12}}{{stl 7}} utarty zwrot niezawierający głębokiej treści; banał, frazes : {{/stl 7}}{{stl 10}}Przemówienie pełne sloganów. Powtarzać slogany …   Langenscheidt Polski wyjaśnień

  • slogan — / zlɔgan/ s.m. [dall ingl. slogan, voce scozz. (slogorne o sloghorne ), gaelico sluaghghairm grido di guerra ]. 1. (massm., polit.) [breve frase, incisiva e sintetica, per lo più coniata a fini pubblicitari o di propaganda politica] ▶◀ motto,… …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • slogan — slògān m <G slogána> DEFINICIJA fraza koja izražava narav ili ciljeve nekog poduzeća, ideje ili grupe (političke stranke i sl.); moto, parola ETIMOLOGIJA engl. slogan ← škot.gael …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • Slogan — Slogan: Das Fremdwort für »Werbespruch; Schlagwort« wurde im 20. Jh. aus dem Engl. übernommen. Engl. slogan stammt seinerseits aus gälisch sluaghghairm »Kriegsgeschrei« …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • Slogan — Slo gan, n. [Gael. sluagh ghairm, i.e., an army cry; sluagh army + gairm a call, calling.] The war cry, or gathering word, of a Highland clan in Scotland. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: A distinctive motto, phrase, or cry used by any… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • slogan — index catchword, phrase Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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