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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Preposition 1.4.1.1 Derived terms 1.5 Anagrams 2 Azeri 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Synonyms 3 Hungarian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Verb 3.3.1 Conjugation 3.3.2 Derived terms 4 Ido 4.1 Preposition 5 Italian 5.1 Preposition 6 Latin 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Pronunciation 6.3 Preposition 6.3.1 Related terms 6.3.2 Usage notes 6.3.3 Derived terms 6.3.4 Descendants 7 Manx 7.1 Pronoun 8 Meriam 8.1 Noun 9 Pumpokol 9.1 Etymology 9.2 Pronoun 9.2.1 Related terms 10 Scottish Gaelic 10.1 Pronunciation 10.2 Noun 10.2.1 Derived terms 10.3 References 11 Turkish 11.1 Noun 11.1.1 Synonyms 12 Volapük 12.1 Preposition

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /æd/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -æd

[edit] Etymology 1

From a shortening of the word advertisement.

[edit] Noun

ad (plural ads)

1. (informal) Short form of advertisement.

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

[edit] Synonyms

• (1): (British) advert

[edit] Derived terms

• adware
• attack ad
• want ad

[edit] Translations

[edit] Etymology 2

From a shortening of the word advantage.

[edit] Noun

ad (plural ads)

1. (tennis) advantage

[edit] Etymology 3

From Latin ad (“‘to, on’”).

[edit] Preposition

ad

1. To; on.

[edit] 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

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: ad
• da, Da, DA

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[edit] Azeri

[edit] Noun

ad (Cyrillic spelling ад)

1. name, first name, last name

[edit] Synonyms

• isim

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɒd/
•  Audio^{help, file}

[edit] Verb

ad

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

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

[edit] Conjugation

[edit] Derived terms

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

With verb prefixes

átad bead belead elad előad előread

felad fölad hátraad hazaad hozzáad idead

kiad közread lead megad nekiad odaad

összead ráad továbbad túlad visszaad

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[edit] Ido

[edit] Preposition

ad

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

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Preposition

ad

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

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ad/

[edit] 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.

[edit] Related terms

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

[edit] 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 (“‘lay, be situated’”), vergō (“‘incline, slope’”), spectō (“‘observe, see’”) etc.:

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

  Asia lies near midday and south, Europe near north and north. (two words for north)

  Ad Atticam vergente.

  Inclining to Attic.

[edit] Derived terms

ad absurdum ad amussim ad arma ad astra ad dēnseō ad doceō ad equitō ad hominem ad hūc 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

[edit] Descendants

• English: ad (preposition)
• French: à
• Galician: a (preposition)
• Italian: a, ad
• Portuguese: a (preposition)
• Spanish: a

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[edit] Manx

[edit] Pronoun

ad

1. Third person plural.

   they, them

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[edit] Meriam

[edit] Noun

ad

1. story

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[edit] Pumpokol

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronoun

ad

1. I (first-person subjective singular)

[edit] Related terms

• adɨŋ
• etnɨn
• ádɨŋ

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[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ad̪̊]

[edit] Noun

ad f. (plural adan)

1. hat
   • ad a' bhile òir, the gold-rimmed hat
   • bile na h-aide, the rim of the hat

[edit] Derived terms

• ad mholach - a beaver hat

[edit] References

• The Illustrated Gaelic-English Dictionary (Birlinn Limited, 1901-1911, Compiled by Edward Dwelly)
• A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)

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[edit] Turkish

[edit] Noun

ad

1. name, first name, last name

[edit] Synonyms

• isim

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[edit] Volapük

[edit] Preposition

ad

1. for, in order to, to