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1[ ad ]
-ad
2- a suffix occurring in loanwords from Greek denoting a group or unit comprising a certain number, sometimes of years: dyad; triad .
- a suffix meaning “derived from,” “related to,” “concerned with,” “associated with” ( oread ), introduced in loanwords from Greek ( Olympiad; oread ), used sporadically in imitation of Greek models, as Dunciad , after Iliad .
a.d.
3abbreviation for
- in the year of the Lord; since Christ was born:
Charlemagne was born in a.d. 742.
ad
4[ ad ]
noun
- ad in, the advantage being scored by the server.
- ad out, the advantage being scored by the receiver.
-ad
5- variant of -ade 1: ballad .
a.d.
6abbreviation for
- before the day.
ad
7[ ad ]
preposition
- (in prescriptions) to; up to.
-ad
8- Anatomy, Zoology. a suffix forming adverbs from nouns signifying parts of the body, denoting a direction toward that part: dextrad; dorsad; mediad .
a.d.
9abbreviation for
- after date.
- autograph document.
ad-
10ad.
11abbreviation for
- adverb.
- advertisement.
A.D.
12abbreviation for
- anno Domini ( def ). Also a.d.
- assistant director.
- athletic director.
- average deviation.
-ad
1suffix forming adverbs
- denoting direction towards a specified part in anatomical descriptions
cephalad
ad
2/ æd /
noun
- short for advertisement
ad
3the internet domain name for
- Andorra
ad
4/ æd /
noun
- short for advantage Brit equivalentvan
-ad
5suffix forming nouns
- a group or unit (having so many parts or members)
triad
- an epic poem concerning (the subject indicated by the stem)
Dunciad
AD
6abbreviation for
- indicating years numbered from the supposed year of the birth of Christ anno Domini Compare BC
70 ad
- military active duty
- military air defence
- Dame of the Order of Australia
ad-
7prefix
- to; towards
adverb
adsorb
- near; next to
adrenal
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Example Sentences
Thus the complete scale may have consisted of the disjunct tetrachords a-d and e-a, with the tone g-a.
It belongs to the first epoch, which includes portions of the first and second centuries A. D.
You must have lived like a fighting cock here—how many years ago was it, dear old A. D.?
He had driven up quite unexpectedly and unostentatiously, and I did not see even an A.-D.
The dark triangular projection in the lower half of the second drawing was seen and sketched by Huyghens, 1659 A. D.
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