"ad" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /æd/ Audio: en-us-ad.ogg Forms: ads [plural]
Rhymes: -æd Etymology: Clipping of advertise, advertising, advertisement, or advertiser. Etymology templates: {{clip|en|advertise,advertising,advertisement,advertiser}} Clipping of advertise, advertising, advertisement, or advertiser Head templates: {{en-noun}} ad (plural ads)
  1. Abbreviation of advertisement. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: advertisement Synonyms: advert Translations (short form of advertisement — see also advertisement): mainos (Finnish), pub [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-ad-en-noun-P9ZFSFj4 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 43 44 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 41 41 18 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 42 43 15 Disambiguation of 'short form of advertisement — see also advertisement': 62 23 15
  2. Abbreviation of advertising. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: advertising
    Sense id: en-ad-en-noun-4PCr1Kcs Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 43 44 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 41 41 18 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 42 43 15
  3. Abbreviation of advertiser. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: advertiser
    Sense id: en-ad-en-noun-GPie10SY Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 43 44 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 41 41 18 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 42 43 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: /æd/ Audio: en-us-ad.ogg Forms: ads [plural]
Rhymes: -æd Etymology: From a shortening of the word advantage. Head templates: {{en-noun}} ad (plural ads)
  1. (tennis) Advantage; also, designating the left-hand side, from the player's point of view, of their half of the court, where the advantage point following a deuce is always played.
    Sense id: en-ad-en-noun-I3GQnKfT Categories (other): Tennis, English 2-letter words, English entries with incorrect language header, English prepositions Disambiguation of English 2-letter words: 17 12 4 37 23 8 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 6 4 45 17 18 Disambiguation of English prepositions: 17 14 8 26 15 20 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, tennis
  2. (debating) advantage
    Sense id: en-ad-en-noun-fbBVilza Categories (other): English terms with collocations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ad in, ad out
Etymology number: 2

Preposition

IPA: /æd/ Audio: en-us-ad.ogg
Rhymes: -æd Etymology: From Latin ad (“to, on”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|ad||to, on}} Latin ad (“to, on”) Head templates: {{en-head|prep}} ad
  1. to, toward
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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      "word": "ad personam"
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      "word": "ad seriatum"
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      "word": "ad val"
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      "word": "ad valorem"
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    {
      "word": "ad valorem tax"
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    {
      "word": "ad verbum"
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    {
      "word": "ad verecundiam"
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    {
      "word": "ad vitam aut culpam"
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    {
      "word": "ad vivum"
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    {
      "word": "a maximis ad minima"
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    {
      "word": "amicus usque ad aras"
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    {
      "word": "argumentum ad baculum"
    },
    {
      "word": "argumentum ad consequentiam"
    },
    {
      "word": "argumentum ad crumenam"
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    {
      "word": "argumentum ad dictionarium"
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    {
      "word": "argumentum ad feminam"
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    {
      "word": "argumentum ad fidem"
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    {
      "word": "argumentum ad hominem"
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    {
      "word": "argumentum ad ignorantiam"
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    {
      "word": "argumentum ad invidiam"
    },
    {
      "word": "argumentum ad judicium"
    },
    {
      "word": "argumentum ad lapidem"
    },
    {
      "word": "argumentum ad Lazarum"
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    {
      "word": "argumentum ad nauseam"
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    {
      "word": "argumentum ad numerum"
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      "word": "argumentum ad passiones"
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    {
      "word": "argumentum ad populum"
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      "word": "argumentum ad verecundiam"
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    {
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      "word": "constructio ad sensum"
    },
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    {
      "word": "guardian ad litem"
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      "word": "habeas corpus ad subjiciendum"
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      "word": "per angusta ad augusta"
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}

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