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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Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 21 July 2025
Using his student-activities funds and selling ads in the program to raise $500, Scher booked the gig for Sunday, Oct. 27, 1968.
—David Kushner, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2025
These tools could: Automatically generate product images and video ads
Fill in missing data for third-party listings
Rewrite product titles, bullet points and descriptions to be more relevant
Now, with Starfish, Amazon wants to scale that effort across millions of listings.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2025
Paramount+ Premium is $12.99 per month and includes everything in the Essential plan plus Showtime originals, blockbuster movies and live TV with fewer ads.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 19 July 2025
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Noun
The Paramount+ with Showtime costs $12.99/month or $119.99/year with no ads except live TV & a few shows.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 21 July 2025
Using his student-activities funds and selling ads in the program to raise $500, Scher booked the gig for Sunday, Oct. 27, 1968.
—David Kushner, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2025
These tools could: Automatically generate product images and video ads
Fill in missing data for third-party listings
Rewrite product titles, bullet points and descriptions to be more relevant
Now, with Starfish, Amazon wants to scale that effort across millions of listings.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2025
Paramount+ Premium is $12.99 per month and includes everything in the Essential plan plus Showtime originals, blockbuster movies and live TV with fewer ads.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 19 July 2025
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“Ad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ad. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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