AD - Glite Dictionary

💰 A paid promotion 📅 After Christ

640 2.2

A paid message that tells people about a product or service

noun
/eɪ di/

: anuncio

DeLauer Diamonds is looking for a new ad agency.
display ads
an ad campaign

Music videos are really just ads for whole albums.

Autoplay Next

Examples

Why don't you put an ad in the classifieds?

The Front Page (1974)
Michel responded to an ad for a room in a downtown loft with three film students.

Fiction book (1991)
We'll play his new ad for you right after this ad.

Megyn Kelly
Why not take a full page ad in The Times and sell tickets for the cops to come and watch?

Sleuth (1972)
But you have late night TV ads going with that.
You might even be able to get the store to place an ad in your newsletter.

Academic text (1999)
A lot of those ads appeal primarily to kids.

Super Size Me (2004)
We placed this ad and Dory reached out.
Recently, she saw a full-page ad in the paper for a polo tournament.

Academic text (2008)
The magazine featured an ad for the latest smartphone on its cover.

Synonyms

commercial

vsAD

804 2.9

A short paid advertisement on television or radio

is a paid promotional label used across media, not only broadcast formats

vsAD

148 1.8

A message, like on TV or a poster, that tries to make people buy something

is used as a paid label marking content as commercial promotion in media

promo

vsAD

Informal

51 4.1

Short advertisement for a product or event

is a paid label identifying material as commercial promotion rather than the offer itself

advert

vsAD

15 2.2

A short message that tells people about a product, service, or event

serves as a paid label indicating promotional material, especially online or in media

advertizement

vsAD

1.4

A public message that tries to sell a product or service

functions as a paid tag identifying material as sponsored or promotional

adv

vsAD

Informal

8.9

A short notice that offers something for sale in newspapers or online

acts as a paid label applied to material to show commercial promotion

Idioms

ad nauseam

14 8.4

Repeated so often that it becomes annoying or boring

ad infinitum

Formal

7 8.8

Going on forever without any limit

ad hominem

3 8.6

Attacking a person in an argument instead of their idea

ad hoc

1 6.9

In a way made for a specific situation when needed

ad lib

1 7.7

Says or does something without planning

ad interim

Formal

8.5

For a short time until a permanent one takes over

ad libitum

Specialized

9.9

To perform freely without preparation in speech or music

ad prosequendum

Formal

9.9

A Latin legal phrase meaning for the purpose of taking someone to court

Compounds

ad campaign

39 2.6

A planned series of ads and activities to get people to buy or notice something

ad agency

22 3.0

A company that makes ads and plans how to show them to customers

ad hominem

22 7.4

An attack on a person in an argument instead of their idea

newspaper ad

9 1.0

A short message printed in a newspaper that tells people about things for sale or jobs

ad hoc

9 7.0

Made quickly for a specific purpose when needed

want ad

9 2.9

An ad in a newspaper asking for things like jobs or items

classified ad

8 2.3

A short notice in a newspaper or magazine where people sell items and offer services

ad blitz

1 4.6

A short period when many ads run to make a big impact

reductio ad absurdum

Formal

1 9.9

A way of arguing that shows a claim leads to something impossible or silly

ad-hoc committee

Formal

1 4.6

A group of people set up for a short time to do a single task

ad valorem

Formal

1 8.6

Calculated from an item's value, usually for taxes

ad valorem tax

Formal

1 7.7

A tax charged as a percent of the price of goods or services

button ad

Texting

3.4

A small ad that appears at the bottom of a web page

ad prosequendum

Formal

9.9

A person a court chooses to sue for someone who cannot act for themselves

ad prosequendum

Formal

9.9

A court order to bring someone to court to be tried

Ad-Dahna Desert

7.8

A long arc of red sand dunes in southern Saudi Arabia

Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades

NSFW

9.9

An armed group linked to Hamas that carries out attacks against Israeli targets

terminus ad quem

Formal

9.9

The last date when something must happen

subpoena ad testificandum

Formal

9.9

A court order telling a person to go to court and testify as a witness

How Promotional

advertorial

Literature

2 7.7

commercial

804 2.9

640 2.2

classified ad

8 2.3

Surface Forms

AD singular

ads plural

Etymology

AD is the short form of the word advertisement, which is a public message used to sell or promote something, and that is why an ad today means a paid announcement or 'commercial promotion' in media.