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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.

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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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An advertisement.
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An advantage in tennis.
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Active duty.
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Air-dried.
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Anno Domini.
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Analog/digital.
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Athletic director.
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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.
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Near; at.

Adrenal.

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In the direction of; toward.

Cephalad.

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An advertisement.
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Of or having to do with advertising.

An ad agency.

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Up to; so as to make.
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Active duty.
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Of the Christian era.
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Motion toward, addition to, nearness to.

Adsorb, adjoin, adrenal.

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The name of any of certain collective numerals.

Dyad.

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The title of any of certain poems.

Iliad.

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Any of certain plants.

Cycad.

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Toward, in the direction of.

Caudad, cephalad.

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The ccTLD for Andorra as assigned by the IANA.
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Abbreviation of adaptation.
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Abbreviation of adapter.
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(grammar, also spelt adv(.)) Abbreviation of adverb.
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(also spelt ad) Abbreviation of advertisement.
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Abbreviation of adapt.
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Abbreviation of adapted.
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(imperative, medicine, in prescriptions, also spelt add.) Abbreviation of addantur.
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(imperative, medicine, in prescriptions, also spelt add.) Abbreviation of adde.
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Origin of ad

Latin from ad to ad- in Indo-European roots

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'm surprised Ed's newspaper ad didn't say, 'Dead or Alive!'

  • I wonder if anyone answered his ad and he caught up with Josh.

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