ad

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see also: AD

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /æd/

Noun

ad (plural ads)

1. advertisement.

   I have placed both of the ads in the newspaper as instructed.

Synonyms

• advert

Translations

• French: pub

Noun

ad (plural ads)

1. (tennis) advantage
2. (debating) advantage

   ads and disads

Preposition

1. to, toward

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Adverb

ad

1. (often, punctuated) Initialism of anno Domini (borrowed from Latin); in the year of our Lord.

   They had a vibrant culture from the 3rd century BC to the 2nd century AD.

   Today is 10 Agosto AD 2020.

Synonyms

• (anno Domini) AC, A.C. (anno Christi); anno Domini, Anno Domini, CE, Christian Era, in the year of our Lord

Antonyms

• (anno Domini) AC, A.C. (ante Christum); b.c., BC, B.C. (before Christ); BCE

Translations

• French: ap. J.-C., apr. J.-C. après Jésus-Christ; en l'an de grâce (archaic)
• German: n. Chr. nach Christus, nach Christo; n. Chr. Geb., n. Chr. G. nach Christi Geburt
• Portuguese: DC, d.C. (depois de Cristo)
• Russian: по́сле Р. Хр.
• Spanish: d.C. después de Cristo

Noun

ad (plural ads)

1. (film) Assistant director.
2. (military) Air defence or air defense.
3. Antidepressant.
4. (US, Navy) Auxiliary destroyer - a naval tender, a destroyer tender that tends to destroyers.
5. (uncountable) Alzheimer's disease.
   • 2015 — Larochelle, Stéphane (December 2015). "STOMPing at the bits ↗". Nature Methods 12 (12): 1114. doi:10.1038/nmeth.3679 ↗. Retrieved 19 February 2016.

     Many neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), involve pathological protein deposits.

6. (aviation) Initialism of airworthiness directive
7. (business) Initialism of anti-dumping

Proper noun

1. Abu Dhabi

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