ad n : a public promotion of some product or service [syn: advertisement, advertizement, advertising, advertizing, advert] adv : in the Christian era; used before dates after the supposed year Christ was born; "in AD 200" [syn: A.D., anno Domini]A.D. adv : in the Christian era; used before dates after the supposed year Christ was born; "in AD 200" [syn: AD, anno Domini]

English

Pronunciation

• /æd/

• Rhymes with: -æd

Etymology 1

From a shortening of the word advertisement.

Noun

1. Short form of advertisement.

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

Synonyms

• (1): (British) advert

Derived terms

• adware
• attack ad
• want ad

Translations

Etymology 2

From a shortening of the word advantage.

Noun

1. advantage

Etymology 3

From ad "to, on"

Preposition

1. To; on.

Derived terms

• a maximis ad minima
• ad absurdum
• ad arbitrium
• ad astra
• ad eundem
• ad extremum
• ad gloriam
• ad hoc
• ad hominem
• ad infinitum
• ad int
• ad interim
• ad kalendas Graecas
• ad lib
• ad libitum
• ad loc
• ad majorem Dei gloriam
• ad nauseam
• ad ovo usque ad mala
• ad referendum
• ad rem
• ad unguem
• ad utrumque paratus
• ad val
• ad valorem
• ad verbum
• ad vivum
• amicus usque ad aras
• argumentum ad baculum
• habeas corpus ad subjiciendum
• per angusta ad augusta
• reductio ad absurdum
• sic itur ad astra
• subpoena ad testificandum
• terminus ad quem

Anagrams

• da

Azerbaijani

Noun

1. name, first name, last name

Synonyms

• isim

Hungarian

Etymology

From the same root *amta as Finnish antaa and Estonian and.

Verb

1. give

Conjugation

Italian

Preposition

1. to, at, in (used before a vowel for euphony instead of a)

Latin

Etymology

Cognates include English at.

Preposition

(+ )

1. In the context of "direction": toward, to, up to

   denoting a vertical direction:

1. • Lucretius, from the fourth book of De Rerum Natura

     Fugere ad puppim colles campique videntur.

     The hills and fields appear to fly toward the ship.

   • Pliny the Elder, from book II of Naturalis Historia

     Meridie umbrae cadunt ad septentrionem, ortu vero ad occasum.

     At noon the shadows fall towards the north, [and] at sunrise, point to the west.

   in a direction upwards, frequent in works of poets:

1. • Aeneid by P. Vergilius Maro

     Duplices tendens ad sidera palmas.

     Stretching both hands to the stars.

Related terms

• ad- (same word modified and used as a prefix)

Usage notes

• The word ad is an antithesis to ab (just as in is to ex, in a progressive order of relation, ad denotes, first, the direction toward an object; then the reaching of or attaining to it; and finally, the being at or near it.
• Often used of geographical position of a place in reference to the points of compass, with the verbs iaceo, vergo, specto etc.:

  Asia iacet ad meridiem et austrum, Europa ad septentriones et aquilonem.

  Asia lies near midday and south, Europe near north and north. (two words for north)

  Ad Atticam vergente.

  Inclining to Attic.

Derived terms

• ad amussim
• ad hominem
• ad dēnseō
• ad doceō
• ad equitō
• ad hūc
• ad legō
• ad minister
• ad misceō
• ad moveō
• ad nūntiō
• ad sentior
• ad omnia
• ad sequor
• ad serō
• ad serviō
• ad similis
• ad similō
• ad sistō
• ad suō
• ad surgō
• ad vehō

Manx

Pronoun

1. Third person plural.

   they, them

Meriam

Noun

1. story

Turkish

Noun

1. name, first name, last name

Synonyms

• isim

Volapük

Preposition

1. for, in order to, to

AD and Ad may refer to:

• Anno Domini, Latin for "In the Year of (Our) Lord", applied to years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars following 1 BC. Religion-oriented alternative to CE, or Common Era
• Advertisement, the promotion of an item, service, company, and/or idea

Media and culture

• A. D. (television), a 1985 miniseries concerning early Christian history
• A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge, a serialized webcomic on SMITH Magazine
• Ad, columnist in the English newspaper, The Saturday Sport (see also International Fanny Magnet)
• AD (band), a Christian rock band from 1984-1988
• AD (finnish band), Acción Directa, a Finnish industrial band.
• AD Music, record label
• Algemeen Dagblad, a Dutch newspaper
• American Dad!, a Fox Network animated program
• Anno Domini (band), a death metal band from Sydney, Australia, who formed at Turramurra High School in c. 2005.
• Anno Domini (gallery), a contemporary art gallery in San Jose, California
• Arrested Development, a Fox Network TV program
• Art director, the administrator in charge of art and design for a magazine or newspaper
• Assistant director, a film crew member who manages various tasks
• "at", "to", or "for", in some Latin phrases (such as ad lib or ad nauseam)
• Athletic director, the administrator of the athletics program, usually at an educational institution
• Academic Decathlon, a United States high school based academic competition

Politics and history

• Andorra, a small country in the Pyrenees
  • .ad, Andorra's ccTLD (Internet Top Level Domain)
  • Andorra's ISO 3166-1 country code
• Action Directe (terrorist group), a French left-wing terrorist group
• Democratic Action (Spanish: Acción Democrática), a Venezuelan social democratic party
• Democratic Alternative (Malta) (Maltese: Alternattiva Demokratika), the Maltese Green party
• Aad (Omani tribe), a destroyed civilization mentioned in the Quran
• Anno Diocletiani, the Era of (Emperor) Diocletian, an alternate year-numbering start date

Military

• Air defence, anti-aircraft weaponry and systems
• Accidental discharge, the mistaken firing of a firearm
• Active duty, a status of full duty or service, usually referencing full service in the armed forces
• Destroyer Tender (US Navy Hull Classification: AD), support ships to aid the operation of a fleet of destroyers
• The Air Department, part of the British Admiralty

Science and technology

• Adenovirus, viruses of the family Adenoviridae.
• Alzheimer's disease, a disease leading to the degeneration of neural function and dementia, usually seen in older people
• Active Directory, a component of Microsoft Windows that provides distributed user management and authentication
• Aggregate demand, the total demand curve of an entire economy that is the sum of each individual's demand
• Automatic differentiation, a way to speedily compute derivatives in computer programming
• Axiom of determinacy, a set theory axiom inconsistent with the Axiom of Choice
• Autodynamics, an alternate to special relativity proposed by Ricardo Carezani in physics
• Audio description, a narration track for blind and visually impaired viewers of media such as TV and film
• Administrative domain, a collection of hosts and routers into one network
• Analog Devices, a multinational producer of semiconductor devices.
• Analog-to-digital converter (A/D), a circuit which converts continuous analog signals to discrete digital values
• Active Disassembly, a technology involving specially designed building materials and components which are sturdy yet can easily be decomposed
• Autonomic Dysreflexia, a condition in which "unreachable" parts of the nervous system (for instance, those beneath a damaged spine) malfunction
• Atypical depression, a depression that still allows one to feel positive moods.
• Adamantyl (Ad), an abbreviation in organic chemistry for Adamantyl
• Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation, an abbreviation in organic chemistry for Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation

Transportation

• Airworthiness Directive, requirements on legal usage of airplanes given by the FAA
• Air Paradise (IATA code: AD), a defunct Indonesian airline
• Atlantic & Danville (AAR reporting mark: AD), a defunct railway acquired by the (also now defunct/merged) Norfolk, Franklin and Danville Railway

People

• Ad Tak, Dutch cyclist
• Adalius Thomas, football player
• Antonio Davis, basketball player
• Antonio Daniels, basketball player
• Adrian Peterson, football player, for "All Day"

Other

• Associate's Degree, an academic degree