"ADS" meaning in English

See ADS in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} ADS
  1. Initialism of American Dialect Society. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: American Dialect Society
    Sense id: en-ADS-en-name-xVUgyQoy Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 17 15 22 13 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 37 15 20 13 8 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 13 19 21 8 5
  2. (US, military) Initialism of Active Denial System. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Active Denial System

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} ADS (uncountable)
  1. Initialism of automated decision support. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: automated decision support Derived forms: ADS-A, ADS-B, ADS-C, ADS-R
    Sense id: en-ADS-en-noun-Ep55losO Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks
  2. (aviation) Initialism of automatic dependent surveillance. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: automatic dependent surveillance
    Sense id: en-ADS-en-noun-C6zvQUmK Categories (other): Aviation Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  3. (linguistics) Initialism of adult-directed speech. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: adult-directed speech
    Sense id: en-ADS-en-noun-I66Q~bIi Categories (other): Linguistics Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} ADS
  1. (video games) Initialism of aim down sights. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: aim down sights
    Sense id: en-ADS-en-phrase-IKn5zkCh Categories (other): Video games Topics: video-games
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