Dictionary

AD en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌeɪˈdi/ (General-American)
• (US) audio

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable) Initialism of antidumping.
   alt of antidumping

Forms

AD en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˌeɪˈdi/ (General-American)
• (US) audio

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, qualifier:often punctuated) Initialism of Anno Domini (borrowed from Latin); in the year of our Lord.
   alt of Anno Domini
   • Today is 14 September AD 2026.
   • Founded Aᴼ.Dᴵ. 1728 by Benj. Franklin 1916 September 23, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 189, number 13, page 3:
   • They had a vibrant culture from the 3rd century BC to the 2nd century AD.
   • There is a striving towards naturalism in agricultural scenes painted on bricks in tombs of the third century AD recently excavated at Chia-yü-kuan in Kansu Province which is reminiscent of later European illuminated manuscripts such as the English fifteenth-century Luttrell Psalter in the British Library. 1979, Paul Hulton, Lawrence Smith, “Naturalism in Sung China”, in Flowers in Art from East and West, Jarrold and Sons, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 3:
   • But keep on the lookout for the 1st-century-a.d. stele on the right wall, with symbols of the deceased’s civic scribely duties (a scroll and codex), and the fresco remnants around to the left. 2010, John Moretti, “Perugia, Assisi & Northern Umbria”, in Florence, Tuscany & Umbria (Frommer’s), 7th edition, Wiley Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, section 2 (Assisi: An Artistic Pilgrimage), page 393:

Forms

Antonyms

A.C. · BC · AC · B.C. · BCE · b.c.

Synonyms

AC (anno Domini) · Anno Domini (anno Domini) · in the year of our Lord (anno Domini) · A.C. (anno Domini) · Christian Era (anno Domini) · CE (anno Domini) · anno Domini (anno Domini)

Translations (81)

nv Doodaatsaahii biʼdizhchį́į́ dóó bikʼijįʼ (anno Domini — see also CE) · hu Kr. u. (Krisztus után) (anno Domini — see also CE) · hy Ք.հ. (anno Domini — see also CE) · ro d.Hr. (după Hristos) (anno Domini — see also CE) · fi jKr. (jälkeen Kristuksen) (anno Domini — see also CE) · ru н. э. (anno Domini — see also CE) · mk н.е. (anno Domini — see also CE) · th คริสต์ศักราช (anno Domini — see also CE) · fr apr. J.-C. (après Jésus-Christ) (anno Domini — see also CE) · de n. Chr. Geb. (anno Domini — see also CE) · ko 기원후 (anno Domini — see also CE) · be на́шай э́ры (anno Domini — see also CE) · he לְמִנְיָנָם (anno Domini — see also CE) · bg сл. Хр. (anno Domini — see also CE) · es d.C. (después de Cristo) (anno Domini — see also CE) · da e.Kr. (efter Kristus) (anno Domini — see also CE) · he לַסְּפִירָה (anno Domini — see also CE) · la p. Chr. (anno Domini — see also CE) · pl p.n.Chr. (po narodzeniu Chrystusa) (anno Domini — see also CE) · ka ჩვ. წ. (anno Domini — see also CE) · km គ្រិស្តសករាជ (anno Domini — see also CE) · de n. Chr. (nach Christus, nach Christo) (anno Domini — see also CE) · hy մ.թ. (anno Domini — see also CE) · pl po Chr. (po Chrystusie) (anno Domini — see also CE) · ar بَعْدَ الْمِيلَاد (anno Domini — see also CE) · la p. Chr. (anno Domini — see also CE) · de n. Chr. G. (nach Christi Geburt) (anno Domini — see also CE) · it d.C. (anno Domini — see also CE) · eo p.K. (anno Domini — see also CE) · tr MS (milattan sonra) (anno Domini — see also CE) · ca dC (anno Domini — see also CE) · nb a.D. (anno Domini — see also CE) · tl M.K. (Mula kay Kristo) (anno Domini — see also CE) · la A. C. (anno Domini — see also CE) · uk на́шої е́ри (anno Domini — see also CE) · ru по́сле Р. Хр. (anno Domini — see also CE) · la AC (anno Domini — see also CE) · pt d.C. (depois de Cristo) (anno Domini — see also CE) · ka ახ. წ. (anno Domini — see also CE) · sv e.Kr. (efter Kristus) (anno Domini — see also CE) · km គ.ស. (anno Domini — see also CE) · ar م (anno Domini — see also CE) · cmn 西元 (anno Domini — see also CE) · pt DC (anno Domini — see also CE) · la AD (anno Domini — see also CE) · la A. D. (anno Domini — see also CE) · fr en l'an de grâce (anno Domini — see also CE) · hi कॉमन युग (anno Domini — see also CE) · uk від Р. Хр. (anno Domini — see also CE) · ja 紀元 (anno Domini — see also CE) · te క్రీ.శ. (anno Domini — see also CE) · he לסה״נ (anno Domini — see also CE) · el μ.Χ. (anno Domini — see also CE) · sw BK (baada ya Kristo) (anno Domini — see also CE) · gd AD (an dèidh Chrìosda) (anno Domini — see also CE) · sk po Kr. (po Kristovi) (anno Domini — see also CE) · nl n. Chr (na Christus) (anno Domini — see also CE) · ko 서력 (anno Domini — see also CE) · uk н. е. (anno Domini — see also CE) · ms M (Masihi) (anno Domini — see also CE) · nb AD (anno Domini — see also CE) · ja 西紀 (anno Domini — see also CE) · ko 서기 (anno Domini — see also CE) · vi SCN (anno Domini — see also CE) · uk пі́сля Р. Хр. (anno Domini — see also CE) · cs po Kr. (po Kristu) (anno Domini — see also CE) · hi आम युग (anno Domini — see also CE) · th ค.ศ. (anno Domini — see also CE) · cmn 公元 (anno Domini — see also CE) · ja 西暦 (anno Domini — see also CE) · ru на́шей э́ры (anno Domini — see also CE) · sl n. št. (anno Domini — see also CE) · hi वर्तमान युग (anno Domini — see also CE) · id M (Masehi) (anno Domini — see also CE) · lt po Kr. (po Kristaus) (anno Domini — see also CE) · vi CN (anno Domini — see also CE) · ar حِقْبَة عَامَّة (anno Domini — see also CE) · hi सीई (anno Domini — see also CE) · fr ap. J.-C. (anno Domini — see also CE) · be ад Н. Х. (anno Domini — see also CE) · cs AD (anno Domini — see also CE)

AD en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌeɪˈdi/ (General-American)
• (US) audio

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of assistant director.
   alt of assistant director
   • A few moments later, the A.D. reappears. "They need you," she says. "And could you stop by Wardrobe?" Shannen rolls her eyes. "O.K.!" she snaps. 1993 November, Lynn Hirschberg, “Brat on a Hot Tin Roof”, in Vanity Fair:
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of air defence or air defense.
   alt of air defence or air defense
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of antidepressant.
   alt of antidepressant
4. (Navy, US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of auxiliary destroyer (a naval tender, a destroyer tender that tends to destroyers).
   alt of auxiliary destroyer
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of Alzheimer's disease.
   alt of Alzheimer's disease
   • What the person with AD chooses to enunciate, ‘may capture something important in the way the person makes sense of his or her life and also make meaning-based connections’ (Hydén and Örulv 2009: 206). 2021, Pramod K. Nayar, Alzheimer's Disease Memoirs: Poetics of the Forgetting Self, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 76:
   • Many neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), involve pathological protein deposits. 2015 December 14, Stéphane Larochelle, “STOMPing at the bits”, in Nature Methods, volume 12, number 12, →DOI, →ISSN, page 1114:
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of atopic dermatitis.
   alt of atopic dermatitis
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of airworthiness directive.
   alt of airworthiness directive
8. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable) Abbreviation of audio description.
   alt of audio description
9. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of after dark.
   alt of after dark
   • AD account

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Coordinates

AS

AD en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˌeɪˈdi/ (General-American)
• (US) audio

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Abu Dhabi.
   alt of Abu Dhabi

Forms