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The definition of an ad is an abbreviation for advertisement, an image or statement that sells a product or service.
(abbreviation)The page in a magazine selling makeup is an example of an ad.
A.D., an abbreviation for Anno Domini, is Latin for after the birth of Christ and literally means “in the year of our Lord.”
(abbreviation)An example of A.D. is the date 200 A.D.
See ad in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
noun
Origin: L
or A.D.
- Mil. active duty
Origin: L Anno Domini, in the year of the Lord
of the Christian era: used with dates
Origin: L ad-, to, at, toward; akin to at
- the name of any of certain collective numerals: dyad
- the title of any of certain poems: Iliad
- any of certain plants: cycad
Origin: Gr -as, -ad-
Origin: L ad, toward
See ad in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
noun
- active duty
- air-dried
or A.D.
abbreviation- ac- or af- or ag- or al- or ap- or as- or at- Toward; to. Before c, f, g, k, l, p, q, s, and t, ad- is usually assimilated to ac-, af-, ag-, ac-, al-, ap-, ac-, as-, and at-, respectively.
- Near; at: adrenal.
Origin:
Origin: Latin
Origin: , from ad, to; see ad- in Indo-European roots
.Origin:
Origin: From Latin ad, to; see ad- in Indo-European roots
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