AD

Initialism of antidumping.

Adjective

  1. Initialism of antidumping.

Forms

A.D. A. D.

Adverb

  1. Initialism of Anno Domini (borrowed from Latin); in the year of our Lord.
    • They had a vibrant culture from the 3rd century BC to the 2nd century AD.
    • Today is 5 June AD 2026.
    • Founded Aᴼ.Dᴵ. 1728 by Benj. Franklin - 1916 September 23, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 189, number 13, page 3:

Forms

A.D. A. D.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

AC A.C. b.c. BC B.C. BCE

Proper noun

  1. Initialism of Abu Dhabi.

Forms

A.D. A. D.

Noun

  1. Initialism 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. Initialism of air defence or air defense.
  3. Initialism of antidepressant.
  4. Initialism of auxiliary destroyer (a naval tender, a destroyer tender that tends to destroyers).

    Coordinate Terms: AS

  5. Initialism of Alzheimer's disease.
    • Many neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), involve pathological protein deposits. - 2015 December 5, Stéphane Larochelle, “STOMPing at the bits”, in Nature Methods, volume 12, number 12, →DOI,...
    • 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....
  6. Initialism of atopic dermatitis.
  7. Initialism of airworthiness directive.
  8. Abbreviation of audio description.
  9. Initialism of after dark.
    • AD account

Forms

ADs A.D. A. D.