"AD" meaning in English

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Abbreviation

Audio: En-us-AD.ogg [US] Forms: AD
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  1. AD is short for the Latin words anno Domini, which means in the year of our Lord. You use AD to refer to a date after the year in which Jesus Christ is believed to have been born.
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