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-ad1 definition

-ad (ad, əd, id)

  1. the name of any of certain collective numerals dyad
  2. the title of any of certain poems Iliad
  3. any of certain plants cycad

Etymology: Gr -as, -ad-

-ad2 definition

-ad (ad)

toward, in the direction of caudad, cephalad

Etymology: L ad, toward

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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