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AD
Abbreviation
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AD is short for the Latin words anno Domini, which means in the year of our Lord. You use AD to refer to a date after the year in which Jesus Christ is believed to have been born.
The Romans started building the Colosseum in 70 AD.
ad
Noun
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A short way of saying advertisement.
I saw an ad in the newspaper for a job at the factory.
ms
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noun
(= manuscript)
the form of a literary work submitted for publication
Ms
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noun
a form of address for a woman
MS
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noun
(= Master of Science)
a master's degree in science
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noun
(= multiple sclerosis)
a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers
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noun
(= Mississippi)
a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War