an advertisement
of or having to do with advertising : an ad agency
A calendar for the year 2013 A.D.
- A.D., an abbreviation for Anno Domini, is Latin for after the birth of Christ and literally means “in the year of our Lord.”
An example of A.D. is the date 200 A.D.
- The definition of an ad is an abbreviation for advertisement, an image or statement that sells a product or service.
The page in a magazine selling makeup is an example of an ad.
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ad
Tennis advantage (sense )
ad Idioms
ad in
server's advantage
ad out
receiver's advantage
Pharmacy up to; so as to make
Origin of ad
Classical LatinAD
or A.D.
- Mil. active duty
Origin of AD
Classical Latin Anno Domini, in the year of the Lord of the Christian era: used with dates
ad-
motion toward, addition to, nearness to: adsorb, adjoin, adrenal
Origin of ad-
Classical Latin ad-, to, at, toward; akin to at-ad
- the name of any of certain collective numerals: dyad
- the title of any of certain poems: Iliad
- any of certain plants: cycad
Origin of -ad
Classical Greek -as, -ad--ad
toward, in the direction of: caudad, cephalad
Origin of -ad
Classical Latin ad, towardWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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ad
noun
An advertisement.
noun
An advantage in tennis.
AD
abbreviation
- active duty
- air-dried
- or AD anno Domini
- A/D analog/digital
- athletic director
ad-
prefix
- or 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 of ad-
Latin from ad to ; see ad- in Indo-European roots.-ad
suffix
In the direction of; toward: cephalad.
Origin of -ad
From Latin ad to ; see ad- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Abbreviations
| Country code top-level domains |
| Active: .ac .ad .ae .af .ag .ai .al .am .an .ao .aq .ar .as .at .au .aw .ax .az .ba .bb .bd .be .bf .bg .bh .bi .bj .bm .bn .bo .br .bs .bt .bw .by .bz .ca .cc .cd .cf .cg .ch .ci .ck .cl .cm .cn .co .cr .cu .cv .cx .cy .cz .de .dj .dk .dm .do .dz .ec .ee .eg .er .es .et .eu .fi .fj .fk .fm .fo .fr .ga .gd .ge .gf .gg .gh .gi .gl .gm .gn .gp .gq .gr .gs .gt .gu .gw .gy .hk .hm .hn .hr .ht .hu .id .ie .il .im .in .io .iq .ir .is .it .je .jm .jo .jp .ke .kg .kh .ki .km .kn .kp .kr .kw .ky .kz .la .lb .lc .li .lk .lr .ls .lt .lu .lv .ly .ma .mc .md .me .mg .mh .mk .ml .mm .mn .mo .mp .mq .mr .ms .mt .mu .mv .mw .mx .my .mz .na .nc .ne .nf .ng .ni .nl .no .np .nr .nu .nz .om .pa .pe .pf .pg .ph .pk .pl .pm .pn .pr .ps .pt .pw .py .qa .re .ro .rs .ru .rw .sa .sb .sc .sd .se .sg .sh .si .sk .sl .sm .sn .sr .st .su .sv .sy .sz .tc .td .tf .tg .th .tj .tk .tl .tm .tn .to .tr .tt .tv .tw .tz .ua .ug .uk .us .uy .uz .va .vc .ve .vg .vi .vn .vu .wf .ws .ye .yt .za .zm .zw |
Noun
(plural ad. or ads. or ad.'s)
- Abbreviation of adaptation.
- Abbreviation of adapter.
- (grammar, also spelt adv(.)) Abbreviation of adverb.
- (also spelt ad) Abbreviation of advertisement.
Verb
(indeclinable, past form, or imperative)
Origin
See also: ADApocope and other processes of abbreviation.
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Sentence Examples
- The ad was just a box at the paper and no phone number.
- Ad gentes, c. 5, where, with Georg Hoffmann (Pers.
- They used as their sources Valerius, the letter to Aristotle and the Iter ad Paradisum, adding much of their own.
- I wonder if anyone answered his ad and he caught up with Josh.
- I'm surprised Ed's newspaper ad didn't say, 'Dead or Alive!'
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