Etymology

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Today it means: Advantage; also, designating the left-hand side, from the player's point of view, of their half of the court, where the advantage point following a deuce is always played. Full definition →

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ad · noun1

Clipping of advertise, advertising, advertisement, or advertiser.

ad · noun2

Clipping of advantage.

ad · preposition3

  1. Latin · borrowed fromad“to, on”
  2. English todayad

Borrowed from Latin ad (“to, on”).

AD · adverb, noun, adjective, proper noun4

Abbreviation.

Words from the same roots

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