ad

See also ád, and Appendix:Variations of "ad"

English

Wikipedia

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

short form of advert

Bulgarian: реклама (bg) French: pub (fr) f.

Spanish: anuncio (es) m., aviso (es) m., aviso publicitario (es) m., anuncio publicitario (es) m.

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

a maximis ad minima ad absurdum ad arbitrium ad astra ad eundem ad extremum ad gloriam ad hoc ad hominem ad infinitum ad int ad interim

ad kalendas Graecas ad lib ad libitum ad loc ad majorem Dei gloriam ad nauseam ad ovo usque ad mala ad referendum ad rem ad unguem ad utrumque paratus ad val

ad valorem ad verbum ad vivum amicus usque ad aras argumentum ad baculum habeas corpus ad subjiciendum per angusta ad augusta reductio ad absurdum sic itur ad astra subpoena ad testificandum terminus ad quem ad infinitum

Anagrams

• da, Da, DA

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Anglo-Norman

Alternative forms

• a

Etymology

From Latin ad.

Preposition

ad

1. to; towards

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Azeri

Other scripts
Cyrillic	ад‍
Roman	ad‍
Perso-Arabic	‍آد‍

Noun

ad definite accusative adı plural adlar

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

Declension

declension of ad

	singular	plural
absolute	ad	adlar
definite accusative	adı	adları
dative	ada	adlara
locative	adda	adlarda
ablative	addan	adlardan
definite genitive	adın	adların

Synonyms

• isim

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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

conjugation of ad

Infinitive			adni
Past participle			adott
Present participle			adó
Future participle			adandó
Adverbial participle			adva
Potential			adhat
			1st person sg.	2nd person sg. informal	3rd person sg., 2nd person sg. formal	1st person pl.	2nd person pl. informal	3rd person pl., 2nd person pl. formal
Indicative Mood	Present	Indefinite	adok	adsz	ad	adunk	adtok	adnak
		Definite	adom én téged/titeket adlak	adod	adja	adjuk	adjátok	adják
	Past	Indefinite	adtam	adtál	adott	adtunk	adtatok	adtak
		Definite	adtam én téged/titeket adtalak	adtad	adta	adtuk	adtátok	adták
Conditional Mood	Present	Indefinite	adnék	adnál	adna	adnánk	adnátok	adnának
		Definite	adnám én téged/titeket adnálak	adnád	adná	adnánk	adnátok	adnák
Subjunctive Mood	Present	Indefinite	adjak	adj or adjál	adjon	adjunk	adjatok	adjanak
		Definite	adjam én téged/titeket adjalak	add or adjad	adja	adjuk	adjátok	adják
Conjugated Infinitive			adnom	adnod	adnia	adnunk	adnotok	adniuk

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

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Ido

Preposition

ad

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

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Italian

Preposition

ad

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

Anagrams

• da, da', dà

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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.

• When appended to the beginning of a word, ad often becomes ap- when followed by ‘p’, as in appretiō, from pretium. But note that adpretiō is also found.

Derived terms

ad absurdum ad amussim ad arma ad astra ad dēnseō ad doceō ad equitō ad hominem ad hōc ad infinitum ad kalendas Graecas

ad legō ad libitum ad minister ad misceō ad moveō ad nauseam ad nūntiō ad omnia ad referendum ad sentior ad sequor

ad serō ad serviō ad similis ad similō ad sistō ad suō ad surgō ad utrumque paratus ad valorem ad vehō

Descendants

English: ad (preposition) Catalan: a (preposition) Dalmatian: a (preposition) French: à Friulian: a (preposition) Galician: a (preposition)

Italian: a (preposition), ad Portuguese: a (preposition) Romanian: a (preposition) Sicilian: a Spanish: a (preposition)

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Manx

Pronoun

ad

1. Third person plural.

   they, them

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Meriam

Noun

ad

1. story

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɑːd/

Noun

ād m.

1. fire, funeral pyre

Declension

    Declension of ad (strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	ād	ādas
accusative	ād	ādas
genitive	ādes	āda
dative	āde	ādum

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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

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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

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Turkish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɑd/

Noun

ad

1. name, first name, last name

Synonyms

• isim

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Volapük

Preposition

ad

1. for, in order to, to