AD British English, A.D. American English /ˌeɪ ˈdiː/
(Anno Domini) used to show that a date is a particular number of years after the birth of Christ Synonym : CE ⇒ BC:
the first century AD
54 AD

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ad S3 W3 /æd/ noun [countable]
informal an advertisement ⇒ classified ad

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ad
noun
ADJ. classified, full-page, small You can put your own small ads in local papers.
magazine, newspaper, radio, television/TV | detergent, job, tobacco, etc.
VERB + AD place, put, take out She took out a full-page ad in a women's magazine.
publish, run, show | answer, reply to, respond to
AD + VERB appear The ad appeared on all major channels.
say sth, show sth, state sth | feature sb/sth
AD + NOUN campaign | agency
PREP. in an/the ~ A lot of claims are made in the ad.
~ for TV ads for cars

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advertisement:
an advertisement for shampoo
They placed an advertisement in the newspaper.
ad informal an advertisement:
She’s been in several TV ads.
advert British English an advertisement:
a job advert
He took out a front-page advert for his shop.
commercial an advertisement on television or radio:
television commercials
He was in some commercials for beer.
trailer an advertisement in the cinema, on television, or online for a film or programme which will be shown soon:
A second trailer for Richard Friedman’s film has just been added to the website.
promotion a series of advertisements for a company’s products:
The company has spent more than $300 million on promotions for the brand.
poster an advertisement on a wall:
They selected a famous artist to do the poster for the upcoming performance.
billboard (also hoarding British English) a large sign next to a road, with an advertisement on it:
billboard advertisements
A huge hoarding shows two contrasting images.
flyer a piece of paper with an advertisement on it, often given to you in the street:
Someone was handing out flyers for a new nightclub.
banner ad an advertisement across the top of a page on the Internet:
Banner ads are becoming more sophisticated.
junk mail unwanted advertisements that you get in the post:
I never read junk mail.
spam unwanted emails advertising things:
I’m trying to delete all the spam.
classified ad (also want ad American English, small ad British English) a short advertisement that you put in a newspaper if you want to buy or sell something:
The bike was advertised for sale in the small ads section.

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AD
Anno Domini - used to mark time that comes after the commonly accepted beginning of the Christian era
The ancient city was founded in 125 AD.

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AD
Anno Domini (Latin: In the Year of Our Lord)

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AD
See: Antidumping

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