"ad-" meaning in English

See ad- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ad-. Doublet of at-. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|ad-}} Latin ad-, {{doublet|en|at-}} Doublet of at- Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} ad-, {{en-prefix}} ad-
  1. (no longer productive) Doing, enacting, forming a verb. Tags: idiomatic, morpheme
    Sense id: en-ad--en-prefix-en:doing
  2. Near, close to, adjacent. Tags: morpheme Translations (near; at): ad- (Portuguese), a- (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-ad--en-prefix-en:near Disambiguation of 'near; at': 1 83 4 2 3 2 2 2
  3. Towards in direction or movement. (anatomy) Towards the midline of the body. Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-ad--en-prefix-en:towards
  4. (no longer productive) Intensifying, additionally. Tags: idiomatic, morpheme
    Sense id: en-ad--en-prefix-en:intensifying
  5. Along, alongside. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ad--en-prefix-en:along
  6. Appending and/or prepending. Adding from either side. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ad--en-prefix-en:appending
  7. Modifying. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ad--en-prefix-en:modifying Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 33 9 3 0 3 44 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 26 3 9 0 4 51 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 9 entries: 2 22 2 5 0 2 39 2 0 4 0 2 4 2 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 23 1 3 0 1 42 1 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 3 23 13 6 0 3 44 8
  8. Atop or above in position. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ad--en-prefix-en:atop
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "accident"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "acclaim"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "accouple"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "accrue"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "acculturation"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "adjust"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "admarginate"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "admix"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "admixture"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "adopt"
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      "word": "affix"
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      "word": "append"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "arrest"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "attrap"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "attune"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "adanal"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "adaxial"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    {
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      "word": "adcloacal"
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      "word": "addental"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "adepithelial"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "adessive"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "admaxillary"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "word": "admedian"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    {
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      "word": "adoral"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "adrectal"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "adrenal"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "adrostral"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "adsymphysial"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "appropinquity"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "adambulacral"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "adfreeze"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "adapical"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "adbasal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "adcauline"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "adfluvial"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "adgerminal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "adluminal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "adluminally"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "admesial"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "accend"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "adsignification"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "adspection"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "admarginal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "adnervular"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "adstratal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "adstratum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "adfix"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "adposition"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "adnominal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "adverb"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "assoil"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "adatom"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "adcumulate"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "aggrade"
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
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      "name": "bor"
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    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Doublet of at-",
      "name": "doublet"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin ad-. Doublet of at-.",
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        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ad-",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "accouple, admarginate, admixture, attune",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "Doing, enacting, forming a verb."
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        [
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        "(no longer productive) Doing, enacting, forming a verb."
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
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          "text": "adaxonal, addental, admedial",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "Near, close to, adjacent."
      ],
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          "Near",
          "near"
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          "adjacent",
          "adjacent"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "near; at",
          "word": "ad-"
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          "_dis1": "1 83 4 2 3 2 2 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "near; at",
          "word": "a-"
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    },
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            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "All topics",
            "Health",
            "Fundamental",
            "Body"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "adapical, adfluvial, adgerminal",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Towards in direction or movement. (anatomy) Towards the midline of the body."
      ],
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          "towards"
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        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "acclaim, adsignification, adspection",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Intensifying, additionally."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "Intensifying",
          "intensifying"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(no longer productive) Intensifying, additionally."
      ],
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        "en:intensifying"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [],
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        {
          "text": "admarginal, adnervular, adstratum",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Along, alongside."
      ],
      "id": "en-ad--en-prefix-en:along",
      "links": [
        [
          "Along",
          "along"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:along"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "adfix, adposition, affix",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Appending and/or prepending. Adding from either side."
      ],
      "id": "en-ad--en-prefix-en:appending",
      "links": [
        [
          "Appending",
          "appending"
        ],
        [
          "prepending",
          "prepending"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:appending"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 33 9 3 0 3 44 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 26 3 9 0 4 51 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 9 entries",
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          "_dis": "2 23 1 3 0 1 42 1 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 23 13 6 0 3 44 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "adnominal, adverb, assoil",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Modifying."
      ],
      "id": "en-ad--en-prefix-en:modifying",
      "links": [
        [
          "Modifying",
          "modifying"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:modifying"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "adatom, adcumulate, aggrade",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Atop or above in position."
      ],
      "id": "en-ad--en-prefix-en:atop",
      "links": [
        [
          "Atop",
          "atop"
        ],
        [
          "above",
          "above"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:atop"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
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  ],
  "word": "ad-"
}
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English prefixes",
    "English terms borrowed from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English unproductive prefixes",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 9 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "accident"
    },
    {
      "word": "acclaim"
    },
    {
      "word": "accouple"
    },
    {
      "word": "accrue"
    },
    {
      "word": "acculturation"
    },
    {
      "word": "adjust"
    },
    {
      "word": "admarginate"
    },
    {
      "word": "admix"
    },
    {
      "word": "admixture"
    },
    {
      "word": "adopt"
    },
    {
      "word": "affix"
    },
    {
      "word": "append"
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    {
      "word": "arrest"
    },
    {
      "word": "attrap"
    },
    {
      "word": "attune"
    },
    {
      "word": "adanal"
    },
    {
      "word": "adaxial"
    },
    {
      "word": "adaxonal"
    },
    {
      "word": "adcloacal"
    },
    {
      "word": "addental"
    },
    {
      "word": "adepithelial"
    },
    {
      "word": "adessive"
    },
    {
      "word": "admaxillary"
    },
    {
      "word": "admedial"
    },
    {
      "word": "admedially"
    },
    {
      "word": "admedian"
    },
    {
      "word": "admesal"
    },
    {
      "word": "adneural"
    },
    {
      "word": "adoral"
    },
    {
      "word": "adrectal"
    },
    {
      "word": "adrenal"
    },
    {
      "word": "adrostral"
    },
    {
      "word": "adsymphysial"
    },
    {
      "word": "appropinquity"
    },
    {
      "word": "adambulacral"
    },
    {
      "word": "adfreeze"
    },
    {
      "word": "adapical"
    },
    {
      "word": "adbasal"
    },
    {
      "word": "adcauline"
    },
    {
      "word": "adfluvial"
    },
    {
      "word": "adgerminal"
    },
    {
      "word": "adluminal"
    },
    {
      "word": "adluminally"
    },
    {
      "word": "admesial"
    },
    {
      "word": "accend"
    },
    {
      "word": "adsignification"
    },
    {
      "word": "adspection"
    },
    {
      "word": "admarginal"
    },
    {
      "word": "adnervular"
    },
    {
      "word": "adstratal"
    },
    {
      "word": "adstratum"
    },
    {
      "word": "adfix"
    },
    {
      "word": "adposition"
    },
    {
      "word": "adnominal"
    },
    {
      "word": "adverb"
    },
    {
      "word": "assoil"
    },
    {
      "word": "adatom"
    },
    {
      "word": "adcumulate"
    },
    {
      "word": "aggrade"
    }
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        "2": "la",
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      "name": "bor"
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    {
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        "2": "at-"
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      "expansion": "Doublet of at-",
      "name": "doublet"
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin ad-. Doublet of at-.",
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "prefix",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "accouple, admarginate, admixture, attune",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Doing, enacting, forming a verb."
      ],
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        [
          "Doing",
          "doing"
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        "(no longer productive) Doing, enacting, forming a verb."
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          "adjacent"
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      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
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    {
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        "en:Anatomy"
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        {
          "text": "adapical, adfluvial, adgerminal",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Towards in direction or movement. (anatomy) Towards the midline of the body."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Towards",
          "towards"
        ],
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:towards"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "acclaim, adsignification, adspection",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Intensifying, additionally."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Intensifying",
          "intensifying"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(no longer productive) Intensifying, additionally."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:intensifying"
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "admarginal, adnervular, adstratum",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Along, alongside."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Along",
          "along"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:along"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "adfix, adposition, affix",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Appending and/or prepending. Adding from either side."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Appending",
          "appending"
        ],
        [
          "prepending",
          "prepending"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:appending"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "adnominal, adverb, assoil",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Modifying."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Modifying",
          "modifying"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:modifying"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "adatom, adcumulate, aggrade",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Atop or above in position."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Atop",
          "atop"
        ],
        [
          "above",
          "above"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:atop"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "near; at",
      "word": "ad-"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "near; at",
      "word": "a-"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ad-"
}

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