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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ad- \Ad-\ [A Latin preposition, signifying to. See {At}.] As a prefix ad- assumes the forms ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, at-, assimilating the d with the first letter of the word to which ad- is prefixed. It remains unchanged before vowels, and before d, h, j, m, v. Examples: adduce, adhere, adjacent, admit, advent, accord, affect, aggregate, allude, annex, appear, etc. It becomes ac- before qu, as in acquiesce.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ad
noun: a public promotion of some product or service [syn: {advertisement}, {advertizement}, {advertising}, {advertizing}, {advert}]
adverb: in the Christian era; used before dates after the supposed year Christ was born; "in AD 200" [syn: {A.D.}, {anno Domini}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
A.D.
adverb: in the Christian era; used before dates after the supposed year Christ was born; "in AD 200" [syn: {AD}, {anno Domini}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
AD {Administrative Domain}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
ad The {country code} for Andorra. (1999-01-26)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
AD Active Directory (MS, WIndows, AD, DS)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
AD Analog-to-Digital (D/A), "A/D"
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
AD Authorized Distributor (DEC)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
AD Autonomous DOMAIN
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