English Explanatory Dictionary

AD

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. Initialism of Anno Domini (borrowed from Latin); in the year of our Lord.
noun
  1. Initialism of assistant director.
  2. Initialism of air defence or air defense.
  3. Initialism of antidepressant.
  4. Initialism of auxiliary destroyer (a naval tender, a destroyer tender that tends to destroyers).
  5. Initialism of Alzheimer's disease.
  6. Initialism of atopic dermatitis.
  7. Initialism of airworthiness directive.
  8. Abbreviation of audio description.
  9. Initialism of after dark.
adj
  1. Initialism of antidumping.
name
  1. Initialism of Abu Dhabi.
  2. Initialism of Andhra Pradesh.
noun
  1. Clipping of advertisement.
  2. Clipping of advertising.
  3. Clipping of advertiser.
noun
  1. 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.
  2. Advantage
prep
  1. to, toward
noun
  1. Abbreviation of adenovirus.

Pronunciation

/ˌeɪˈdi/ En-us-AD.ogg /æd/

Word forms

AD A.D. A. D. ADs

Etymology

Clipping of advertise, advertising, advertisement, or advertiser.

Synonyms

AC A.C. anno Domini CE Christian Era in the year of our Lord advert

Antonyms

AC A.C. b.c. BC BCE

Related words

ab ovo usque ad mala ad absurdum ad arbitrium ad astra ad baculum ad captandum ad coelum ad damnum ad eundem ad extremum ad feminam ad fontes ad gloriam ad hoc ad hominem ad idem ad infinitum ad int. ad interim ad kalendas Graecas ad lib. ad lib ad libitum ad litem ad litteram ad loc. ad loc ad majorem Dei gloriam ad modum ad modum Donders ad nauseam ad orientem ad personam ad quod damnum ad referendum ad rem ad seriatum ad unguem ad val ad valorem ad valorem tax ad verbum ad verecundiam ad vitam aut culpam ad vivum a maximis ad minima amicus usque ad aras argumentum ad baculum argumentum ad consequentiam argumentum ad crumenam argumentum ad dictionarium argumentum ad feminam argumentum ad fidem argumentum ad hominem argumentum ad ignorantiam argumentum ad invidiam argumentum ad judicium argumentum ad lapidem argumentum ad Lazarum argumentum ad nauseam

Derived words

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