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ad

1 [ad]
noun
1.
advertisement.
2.
advertising: an ad agency.
Origin:
1835–45; by shortening

Can be confused: adds, ads, adz.

ad

2 [ad]
noun Tennis.
1.
advantage ( def 5 ).
2.
ad in, the advantage being scored by the server.
3.
ad out, the advantage being scored by the receiver.
Origin:
1945–50; by shortening

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ad1 (æd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
short for advertisement

ad2 (æd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
short for advantage Brit equivalent: van

ad3
 
—the internet domain name for
Andorra

AD
 
—abbreviation for
1.  Compare BC anno Domini: 70 ad
2.  military active duty
3.  military air defence
4.  Dame of the Order of Australia
 
usage  In strict usage, ad is only employed with specific years: he died in 1621 ad, but he died in the 17th century (and not the 17th century ad). Formerly the practice was to write ad preceding the date (ad 1621), and it is also strictly correct to omit in when ad is used, since this is already contained in the meaning of the Latin anno Domini (in the year of Our Lord), but this is no longer general practice. bc is used with both specific dates and indications of the period: Heraclitus was born about 540 bc; the battle took place in the 4th century bc

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Word Origin & History

ad
1841, shortened form of advertisement. Long resisted by those in the trade, and denounced 1918 by the president of a national advertising association as "the language of bootblacks, ... beneath the dignity of men of the advertising profession."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

AD abbr.
Latin auris dextra (right ear)

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Computing Dictionary

ADS definition


An expert system.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
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AD

  1. active duty

  2. air-dried

  3. Alzheimer's disease

  4. athletic director

  5. average deviation

ADS

  1. alternative delivery systems

  2. American Dialect Society

a.d.s.
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