often attributive
1
: advertisement sense 1
newspapers 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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Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025
As has become tradition, the ads will reference trends and conversations in college football like the coaching hot seat, flag planting and quarterbacks sliding in the draft.
—Kristi Dosh, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Sheikh Izz ad Din al Qassam, a Muslim cleric born in what is today Syria, represented the first real threat.
—Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Per iSpot, the ad over-indexed on brand recognition; subsequent to being exposed to the commercial, 92% of consumers could correctly identify State Farm as the sponsor in the absence of any prompts, a percentage that exceeded the 90-day category average (77%).
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The site tried to stanch the decline with more ads, only to create a worse user experience.
—Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025
As has become tradition, the ads will reference trends and conversations in college football like the coaching hot seat, flag planting and quarterbacks sliding in the draft.
—Kristi Dosh, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Sheikh Izz ad Din al Qassam, a Muslim cleric born in what is today Syria, represented the first real threat.
—Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Per iSpot, the ad over-indexed on brand recognition; subsequent to being exposed to the commercial, 92% of consumers could correctly identify State Farm as the sponsor in the absence of any prompts, a percentage that exceeded the 90-day category average (77%).
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Ad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ad. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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