ad: Meaning and Definition of

ad

1. advertisement.
2. advertising: an ad agency.

ad

1. advantage (def. 5).
2. the advantage being scored by the server.
3. the advantage being scored by the receiver.

ad

1. (in prescriptions) to; up to.

ad-

1. a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin, where it meant “toward” and indicated direction, tendency, or addition:Usually assimilated to the following consonant; see adjoin.

-ad

1. a suffix occurring in loanwords from Greek denoting a group or unit comprising a certain number, sometimes of years: dyad; triad.
2. a suffix meaning “derived from,” “related to,” “concerned with,” “associated with” (), introduced in loanwords from Greek (), used sporadically in imitation of Greek models, asafter oread

-ad

1. var. of: ballad.

-ad

1. a suffix forming adverbs from nouns signifying parts of the body, denoting a direction toward that part: dextrad; dorsad; mediad.

ad.

1. adverb.
2. advertisement.

A.D.

1. active duty.
2. in the year of the Lord; since Christ was born:a.d. 742. Charlemagne was born in
3. art director.
4. assembly district.
5. assistant director.
6. athletic director.
7. average deviation.

a.d.

1. after date.
2. before the day.
3. autograph document.