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单词 reads
释义

ad

1 of 7

noun (1)

ˈad How to pronounce ad (audio)
often attributive
1
: advertisement sense 1
newspapers ads
TV ads for new cars
2
: advertising
an ad agency

ad

2 of 7

noun (2)

: advantage sense 4

AD

3 of 7

abbreviation (1)

1
active duty
2
after date
3
airworthiness directive
4
Alzheimer's disease
5
anno Domini
often printed in small capitals and often punctuated
6
assembly district
7
assistant director
8
athletic director
9
right ear
used especially in audiology and in writing medical prescriptions

A/D

4 of 7

abbreviation (2)

analog/digital

ad-

5 of 7

prefix

variants or ac- or af- or ag- or al- or ap- or as- or at-
1
: to : toward
usually ac- before c, k, or q
acculturation
and af- before f
affluent
and ag- before g
aggradation
and al- before l
alliteration
and ap- before p
apportion
and as- before s
assuasive
and at- before t
attune
and ad- before other sounds but sometimes ad- even before one of the listed consonants
adsorb
2
: near : adjacent to
in this sense always in the form ad-
adrenal

-ad

6 of 7

adverb suffix

: in the direction of : toward
cephalad

-ad

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noun suffix

: member of a botanical group
bromeliad

Synonyms

Noun (1)

  • advert [chiefly British]
  • advertisement
  • announcement
  • bulletin
  • communiqué
  • notice
  • notification
  • posting
  • release
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Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

by shortening

Noun (2)

by shortening

Prefix

borrowed from Latin, prefix forming verbs and verbal derivatives, marking movement toward, tendency, addition, from ad, preposition, "to, as far as, at, near, in accordance with" — more at at entry 1

Adverb suffix

borrowed from Latin ad "to, toward" — more at at entry 1

Noun suffix

borrowed from New Latin -ad-, -as, borrowed from Greek -ad-, -as, feminine noun suffix denoting descent from or connection with

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1799, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

1915, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

ad 1 of 2

noun

ˈad How to pronounce ad (audio)
: advertisement

A.D.

2 of 2

abbreviation

in the year of our Lord
Hint: A.D. is an abbreviation for the Latin phrase anno Domini, which means "in the year of our Lord."

Medical Definition

AD

abbreviation

1
Alzheimer disease; Alzheimer's disease
2
atopic dermatitis
3
[Latin auris dextra] right ear
used especially in audiology and in writing medical prescriptions
4
average deviation

reads

verb

present tense third-person singular of read
1
as in scans
to go over and mentally take in the content of he always reads the newspaper in the morning as he eats breakfast

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • scans
  • peruses
  • skims
  • reviews
  • studies
  • deciphers
  • sees
  • rereads
  • browses
  • devours
  • proofreads
  • turns over
  • understands
  • pores (over)
  • comprehends
  • speed-reads
  • grasps
  • perceives
  • gets
  • apprehends
  • dips (into)
  • makes
  • makes out
  • wades (through)
  • thumbs (through)
  • leafs (through)
  • gobbles (up)
  • slogs (through)
  • tumbles (to)
2
as in predicts
to tell of or describe beforehand the psychic claimed to be able to read his future

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • predicts
  • anticipates
  • warns
  • announces
  • calls
  • foretells
  • presages
  • forecasts
  • prophesies
  • prognosticates
  • augurs
  • declares
  • proclaims
  • promises
  • foresees
  • vaticinates
  • forewarns
  • alerts
  • cautions
  • portends
  • bodes
  • forebodes
  • divines
  • forbodes
  • heralds
  • foreknows

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • describes
  • tells
  • relates
  • reports
  • recites
  • narrates
  • recounts
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