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AD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A public promotion of some product or service
Synonyms:
ad; advert; advertisement; advertising; advertizement; advertizing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
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)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In the Christian era; used before dates after the supposed year Christ was born
Example:
in AD 200
Synonyms:
A.D.; AD; anno Domini
Classified under:
Context examples:
I’ve been in orspital arf my bleedin’ life. I’ve ’ad the fever in Aspinwall, in ’Avana, in New Orleans.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
A team of researchers designed a study to learn whether exercise could delay or improve AD symptoms.
(Aerobic Exercise May Mildly Delay, Slightly Improve Alzheimer's Symptoms, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
In addition, ALVAC(2) encodes the vaccinia virus (vv) E3L ad K3L genes, which may potentiate the translation of the NY-ESO and TRICOM genes.
(ALVAC(2)-NY-ESO-1 (M)/TRICOM Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
The test is called AD RT-QuIC: Alzheimer’s disease real-time quaking induced conversion.
(New test detects protein associated with Alzheimer’s and CTE, National Institutes of Health)
You might be working on an ad campaign that is quite original and effective or a publicity campaign that you need to keep away from the prying eyes of competitors.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
It is abundant in a subset of astrocytes in the normal human brain, but greatly reduced in the alzheimer's disease (AD) brain.
(Metallothionein 3, NCI Thesaurus)
Didn't they steal sips of tea, stuff gingerbread ad libitum, get a hot biscuit apiece, and as a crowning trespass, didn't they each whisk a captivating little tart into their tiny pockets, there to stick and crumble treacherously, teaching them that both human nature and a pastry are frail?
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
AD is associated with senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs).
(Alzheimer's Disease Pathway KEGG, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
People with AD may have trouble remembering things that happened recently or names of people they know.
(Alzheimer's Disease, NIH: National Institute on Aging)
“No ’arm, gov’nor,” grumbled Berks. “I’m sure I’ve always ’ad the name of bein’ a very genelman-like man.”
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
