Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An advertisement.
- noun An advantage in tennis.
from The Century Dictionary.
- A suffix of Greek origin appended to nouns.
- A prefix of Latin origin, with primary sense “to,” and hence also “toward, upon, for,” etc., expressing in Latin, and so in English, etc., motion or direction to, reduction or change into, addition, adherence, intensification, etc., in English often without perceptible force. According to the following consonant, it is variously assimilated ab-, ac-, af-, etc., or reduced to a-. See etymology.
- A prefix of various other origin, erroneously put for other prefixes, as in
advance , etc. See etymology. - A suffix in ballad and salad (formerly
balade and salade), usually represented by -ade. See -ade. - An abbreviation of
advertisement . - In anatomy, a suffix denoting relation, situation, or direction, having the same force as the English suffix -ward, or the word toward.
- A simplified spelling of
add .
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- noun tennis
advantage - noun informal Short form of
advertisement . - preposition to, toward
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a public promotion of some product or service
- adverb in the Christian era; used before dates after the supposed year Christ was born
Etymologies
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Examples
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They were termed _apprenticii ad legem_, or _ad barras_; and hence arose the cognomen of _barristers_.
An Essay on Professional Ethics Second Edition George Sharswood
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Serv. _ad Ecl. _ 10, 1, 'Fuit Cornelius Gallus amicus Vergilii, adeo ut quartus Georgicorum a medio usque ad finem eius laudes teneret, quas postea iubente Augusto in Aristaei fabulam commutavit.'
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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AD SVMMVM is the reading of _L_ and _T_ and is printed by Burman (who punctuates _uiderit ad summum_) and Merkel (_ad summum dixi_).
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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Lucullus, Catulus, and Hortensius, to Cato and Brutus, he finally adopted the suggestion of Atticus to gratify Varro by giving him a share in the dialogue together with Atticus and himself (_ad Att. _ xiii. 13, 1, 'commotus tuis litteris, quod ad me de Varrone scripseras, totam Academiam ab hominibus nobilissimis abstuli transtulique ad nostrum sodalem et ex duobus libris contuli in quattuor').
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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Accordingly, in the first place, he decided that he had received a call from God ad veritatem et ad seipsum; and, in the second, forgetting Miss Deffell, he married his rectors daughter.
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[72] Another _reductio ad absurdum_ or _ad impietatem_, cf. _supra_, p. 98, note b.
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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Perhaps few of them suspected the _argumentum ad hominem_ -- or rather _ad feminam_ -- in Woodhull's speech.
The Covered Wagon Emerson Hough 1890
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Dominus, qui non ad iudicandum _venerat_, sed _ad salvandum_, &c. ... increpat eos _quod non meminerint doctrinae suae et bonitatis Evangelicae_, &c. (i. 857 b, c, d.)
The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels John William Burgon 1850
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Nay, but he saw he had a convenient occasion, _ad instituendam hominum multitudenem, ad illud festum confluentiam_.
The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630
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We buy an enemy,, or ivefy afritnH ta the tfyijd ad, Orjafqayn ad\ ifes Almeyda ta hide fcer-loffc * \ all eyes, but chiefly from hi* father, a: 'yet, juft afterwards,' hehinaftjf inform* his father, of Almeyda's love for Alonzo: is not this ii\con - fifteni with Orafmyn's gQQeroijs character?,
The Analytical Review, Or History of Literature, Domestic and Foreign, on an Enlarged Plan 1796
skipvia commented on the word ad
I think the folks at Eli Lilly missed a great opportunity for a slogan for their flagship ED drug: "For a good time, Cialis."
October 24, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word ad
Ha! You're right--that would have helped people remember how to pronounce that goofy name, also.
November 16, 2007
Prolagus commented on the word ad
An anonymous genius at my workplace used ad. as an abbreviation for adolescent. Very useful when the other category is adult.
October 10, 2008
artoparts commented on the word ad
Auris dextra.
February 18, 2009
biocon commented on the word ad
L ad = 1. to (the point or pitch of), toward(s); 2. reaching to, up or down to, proceeding as far as, to the end of, up to; 3. including; 4. near, beside; 5. (presence) at; 6. at hand; 7. in (one’s ear); 8. in (the direction of); 9. in (time); in (the end); 8. into; 9. on (this side); 10. against; 11. throughout; 12. for; 13. outside of; 14. situated at; 15. off (shore); 16. in front of, before; 17. upwards; 18. in the eyes of; 19. approaching; 20. approximately; 21. in addition to, along with; 22. in preparation for, in expectation of; 23. until; 24. at the end of (a period); 25. after; 26. lastly.
July 9, 2011