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-adsuff. In the direction of; toward: cephalad.
[From Latin ad, to; see ad- in Indo-European roots.]-ad suffix forming nouns 1. a group or unit (having so many parts or members): triad. 2. (Poetry) an epic poem concerning (the subject indicated by the stem): Dunciad. [via Latin from Greek -ad- (plural -ades), originally forming adjectives; names of epic poems are all formed on the model of the Iliad]
-ad suffix forming adverbs (Anatomy) denoting direction towards a specified part in anatomical descriptions: cephalad. [from Latin ad to, towards]ad1 (æd)
n. 1. an advertisement. 2. advertising: an ad agency. [1835–45; by shortening] ad2 (æd)
n. Tennis. advantage (def. 4). [1925–30; by shortening] ad- a prefix occurring in verbs or verbal derivatives borrowed from Latin, where it meant “toward” and indicated direction, tendency, or addition: adjoin. For variants before a following consonant, see a-5, ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-2, ap-1, ar-, as-, at-. [< Latin ad, ad- (preposition and prefix) to, toward, at, about; c. at1] -ad1 , 1. a suffix occurring in loanwords from Greek denoting a group or unit comprising a certain number, sometimes of years: myriad; Olympiad; triad. 2. a suffix meaning “derived from,” “related to,” “associated with,” occurring in loanwords from Greek (dryad; oread) and in New Latin coinages on a Greek model (bromeliad; cycad). 3. a suffix used, on the model of Iliad, in the names of epics, speeches, etc., derived from proper names: Dunciad; jeremiad. [< Greek -ad-, s. of -as] -ad2 , var. of -ade1: ballad; salad.-ad3 , a suffix used in anatomy to form adverbs from nouns signifying parts of the body, denoting a direction toward that part: ectad.[< Latin ad toward, anomalously suffixed to the noun] A.D. or AD, 1. in the year of the Lord; since Christ was born: Charlemagne was born in a.d.742. (Latin annō Dominī] 2. assembly district. 3. athletic director. usage: The abbreviation a.d. was orig. placed before a date and is still usu. preferred in edited writing: The Roman conquest of Britain began in a.d.43 (or, sometimes, began a.d.43). The abbreviation b.c. (before Christ) is always placed after a date: Caesar was assassinated in 44 b.c. But by analogy with the position of b.c., a.d. is frequently found after the date in all types of writing: Claudius I lived from 10 b.c.to 54 a.d. This abbreviation may also designate centuries, being placed after the century specified: the second century a.d. Some writers prefer to use c.e. (Common Era) and b.c.e. (Before the Common Era) to avoid the religious overtones of a.d. and b.c. EncyclopediaSeeAD-ad
-ad (ad), In anatomic nomenclature, a suffix synonymous with -ward; toward or in the direction of the part indicated by the main portion of the word. [L. ad, to] -ad Suffix used in anatomic nomenclature meaning -ward; toward or in the direction of the part indicated by the main portion of the word. [L. ad, to]-ad In anatomic nomenclature, a suffix synonymous with -ward; toward or in the direction of the part indicated by the main portion of the word. [L. ad, to]ThesaurusSeead |