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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Roger Dooley, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
That money will go to traditional P&A, helping to make digital ads, trailers, and the costs necessary to make DCPs and the rest of the marketing campaign, all while building a network of people who want to see the project succeed.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 10 Mar. 2025
Brown says the championship game sold out months ago at rates that are comparable to NFL games, and that overall tournament ad sales are pacing nearly 200 percent above last year, an enormous increase at a moment where the overall ad business is still embracing a certain amount of austerity.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2025
This year, the Super Bowl was all about artificial intelligence, as Google, Meta, OpenAI, and Salesforce ran ads showing off their A.I. tools.
—Oren Peleg, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The Disruptive Power of AI Search Right now, Gen AI search tools don’t offer pay-to-play opportunities, meaning brands cannot buy ads or pay to be mentioned.
—Roger Dooley, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
That money will go to traditional P&A, helping to make digital ads, trailers, and the costs necessary to make DCPs and the rest of the marketing campaign, all while building a network of people who want to see the project succeed.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 10 Mar. 2025
Brown says the championship game sold out months ago at rates that are comparable to NFL games, and that overall tournament ad sales are pacing nearly 200 percent above last year, an enormous increase at a moment where the overall ad business is still embracing a certain amount of austerity.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2025
This year, the Super Bowl was all about artificial intelligence, as Google, Meta, OpenAI, and Salesforce ran ads showing off their A.I. tools.
—Oren Peleg, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Ad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ad. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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