1
: advertisement sense 1
newspaper ads
TV ads for new cars
2
: advertising
an ad agency
1
active duty
2
after date
4
Alzheimer's disease
5
anno Domini
—often printed in small capitals and often punctuated
6
assembly district
7
assistant director
8
athletic director
9
right ear
—used especially in audiology and in writing medical prescriptions
analog/digital
variants
or ac-
or af-
or ag-
or al-
or ap-
or as-
or at-
1
: to : toward
—usually ac- before c, k, or q
acculturation
and af- before faffluent
and ag- before gaggradation
and al- before lalliteration
and ap- before papportion
and as- before sassuasive
and at- before tattune
and ad- before other sounds but sometimes ad- even before one of the listed consonantsadsorb
2
: near : adjacent to
—in this sense always in the form ad-
adrenal
-ad
6 of 7adverb suffix
: in the direction of : toward
cephalad
: member of a botanical group
bromeliad
Examples of ad in a Sentence
Noun (1)
did you see the ads in the paper for cheap round-trip flights to Florida?
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Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 13 Dec. 2025
After Girdusky’s vile comments to Hasan on Phillip’s CNN show, he was gone by the end of the next ad break, then barred from the network altogether.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025
The public can’t know the precise amounts spent by the state because the administration has not turned over key documents requested through the state’s open records law, such as invoices and the ads themselves.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 12 Dec. 2025
Dogra’s name managed to evade all reporting around the Channel 4 CEO gig until mere hours before the official announcement, and the Sky ads chief has now been officially revealed as Channel 4’s next boss.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2025
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Noun
Just a few years after their 1950 debut, the Peanuts began to appear in ads for Dolly Madison cakes and Ford.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 13 Dec. 2025
After Girdusky’s vile comments to Hasan on Phillip’s CNN show, he was gone by the end of the next ad break, then barred from the network altogether.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025
The public can’t know the precise amounts spent by the state because the administration has not turned over key documents requested through the state’s open records law, such as invoices and the ads themselves.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 12 Dec. 2025
Dogra’s name managed to evade all reporting around the Channel 4 CEO gig until mere hours before the official announcement, and the Sky ads chief has now been officially revealed as Channel 4’s next boss.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2025
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“Ad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ad. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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