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AD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does AD mean?
• AD (noun)
The noun AD has 1 sense:
1. a public promotion of some product or service
Familiarity information: AD used as a noun is very rare.
• AD (adverb)
The adverb AD has 1 sense:
1. in the Christian era; used before dates after the supposed year Christ was born
Familiarity information: AD used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A public promotion of some product or service
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
ad; advert; advertisement; advertising; advertizement; advertizing
Hypernyms ("ad" is a kind of...):
packaging; promo; promotion; promotional material; publicity (a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ad"):
direct mail (advertising sent directly to prospective customers via the mail)
preview; prevue; trailer (an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future)
advertorial (an advertisement that is written and presented in the style of an editorial or journalistic report)
mailer (an advertisement that is sent by mail)
newspaper ad; newspaper advertisement (a printed advertisement that is published in a newspaper)
commercial; commercial message (a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television)
bill; broadsheet; broadside; circular; flier; flyer; handbill; throwaway (an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution)
teaser (an advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interest)
top billing (the advertisement of a star's name at the top of a theatrical poster)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In the Christian era; used before dates after the supposed year Christ was born
Synonyms:
A.D.; AD; anno Domini
Context example:
in AD 200
Context examples
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a chronic disorder that slowly destroys neurons and causes serious cognitive disability.
(Alzheimer's Disease Pathway KEGG, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
“Well,” cried a dozen voices, “what then, Buckhorse: ’ad ’e swallowed ’im, or what?”
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In AD, over time, symptoms get worse.
(Alzheimer's Disease, NIH: National Institute on Aging)
Amyloidogenesis is the formation or growth of amyloid structures, implicated in many human diseases including Alzheimer s disease (AD), Parkinson s disease (PD), type II diabetes, and spongiform encephalopathies.
(Amyloidogenesis, NCI Thesaurus)
A malignant mesenchymal neoplasm arising from the perivascular cells of the connective ad soft tissues.
(Malignant Pericytic Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
Pulling off his cap, and clasping his hands, he chanted in a shrill voice: “Benedictus dominus Deus meus, qui docet manus meas ad proelium, et digitos meos ad bellum.”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Human NR4A1 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 12q13 ad is approximately 22 kb in length.
(NR4A1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
They specify eight cognitive domains that may be impaired in AD: memory, language, perceptual skills, attention, constructive abilities, orientation, problem solving, and functional abilities.
(NINCDS-ADRDA Criteria for Alzheimer's Disease, NCI Thesaurus)
Caring for someone who has Alzheimer's disease (AD) can be stressful and overwhelming.
(Alzheimer's Caregivers, NIH: National Institute on Aging)
Still, your mind works true, and argues not _a particulari ad universale_.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
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