Ad Definition

ad

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /æd/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -æd

Etymology 1

From a shortening of the word advertisement.

Noun

ad (plural ads)

1. (informal) Short form of advertisement.

   I have placed both of the ads in the newspaper as instructed.

Synonyms

• (1): (British) advert

Derived terms

• adware
• want ad

Translations

Etymology 2

From a shortening of the word advantage.

Noun

ad (plural ads)

1. (tennis) advantage

Etymology 3

From Latin ad (“to, on”).

Preposition

ad

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Derived terms

Anagrams

• da, Da, DA

Anglo-Norman

Alternative forms

• a

Etymology

From Latin ad.

Preposition

ad

1. to; towards

Azeri

Noun

ad (definite accusative adı, plural adlar)

1. name, first name, last name
2. (grammar) noun

Declension

Synonyms

• isim

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *amta. Cognates include Finnish antaa and Estonian and.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɒd/

• Audio

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Verb

ad

1. give someone -nak/-nek something -t/-at/-et/-ot/-öt

   Adok Sándornak egy könyvet. - I give Alexander a book.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• adag
• adalék
• adás
• adat
• adó
• adogat
• adomány
• vacsorát ad valaki tiszteletére

With verb prefixes

• átad v
• bead v
• belead v
• elad v
• előad v
• előread v
• felad v
• fölad v
• hátraad v
• hazaad v
• hozzáad v
• idead v
• kiad v
• közread v
• lead v
• megad v
• nekiad v
• odaad v
• összead v
• ráad v
• továbbad v
• túlad v
• visszaad v

Ido

Preposition

ad

1. to (before a vowel for euphony instead of a)

Italian

Preposition

ad

1. to, at, in (used before a vowel for euphony instead of a)

Anagrams

• da, da', dà

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ad- (“to, near, at”). Cognates include English at.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ad/

• Audio (Classical)

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Preposition

ad (+ accusative)

1. (direction) toward, to, up to

   Ad vim atque ad arma confugere.

   To fly to violence and to fighting.

   • Lucretius, from the fourth book of De Rerum Natura

     Fugere ad puppim colles campique videntur.

     The hills and fields appear to fly toward the ship.

   • Pliny the Elder, from book II of Naturalis Historia

     Meridie umbrae cadunt ad septentrionem, ortu vero ad occasum.

     At noon the shadows fall towards the north, [and] at sunrise, point to the west.

   • Aeneid by P. Vergilius Maro

     Duplices tendens ad sidera palmas.

     Stretching both hands to the stars.

Related terms

• ad- (same word modified and used as a prefix)

Usage notes

• The word ad is an antithesis to ab (just as in is to ex; in a progressive order of relation, ad denotes, first, the direction toward an object; then the reaching of or attaining to it; and finally, the being at or near it.)
• Often used of geographical position of a place in reference to the points of compass, with the verbs iaceō (“lie, be situated”), vergō (“incline, slope”), spectō (“observe, see”) etc.:

  Asia iacet ad meridiem et austrum, Europa ad septentriones et aquilonem.

  Asia lies near the prime meridian and the south, Europe near the northern regions and northern wind. (two words for north)

  Ad Atticam vergente.

  Inclining to Attic.

Derived terms

Descendants

Manx

Pronoun

ad

1. Third person plural.

   they, them

Meriam

Noun

ad

1. story

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɑːd/

Noun

ād m.

1. fire, funeral pyre

Declension

Pumpokol

Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔaʒ (“I”). Compare Assan and Arin aj and Kottish ai.

Pronoun

ad

1. I (first-person subjective singular)

Related terms

• adɨŋ
• etnɨn
• ádɨŋ

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ad̪̊]

Noun

ad f. (genitive aide, plural adan or adaichean)

1. hat

   ad a' bhile òir - the gold-rimmed hat

   bile na h-aide - the rim of the hat

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic āt (“name”), from Proto-Turkic *āt.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɑd/

Noun

ad

1. name, first name, last name

Synonyms

• isim

Volapük

Preposition

ad

1. for, in order to, to

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