ad : Idioms & Phrases

• noun an agency that designs advertisement to call public attention to its clients
  advertising agency.
  

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• noun an organized program of advertisements
  ad blitz; advertising campaign.
  

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• noun an organized program of advertisements
  ad blitz; advertising campaign.
  

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Ad cap*tan"dum

Etymology

L., for catching.

Definitions

1. A phrase used adjectively sometimes of meretricious attempts to catch or win popular favor.

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• adjective satellite often improvised or impromptu
  
  • an ad hoc committee meeting
• adjective satellite for or concerned with one specific purpose
  
  • a coordinated policy instead of ad hoc decisions
• adverb for one specific case
  
  • they were appointed ad hoc

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• adjective satellite appealing to personal considerations (rather than to fact or reason)
  
  • ad hominem arguments

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Ad hom"i*nem

Etymology

L., to the man.

Definitions

1. ` phrase applied to an appeal or argument addressed to the principles, interests, or passions of a man.

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• adverb to infinity; without or seemingly without limit
  
  • talked on and on ad infinitum

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Ad in`fi*ni"tum

Etymology

L., to infinity.

Definitions

1. Without limit; endlessly.

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• adverb for an intervening time; temporarily
  
  • elected to serve ad interim

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Ad in"ter*im

Etymology

L.

Definitions

1. Meanwhile; temporary.

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• adverb without advance preparation
  ad lib; impromptu; spontaneously.
  
  • he spoke ad lib

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• adverb without advance preparation
  ad lib; impromptu; spontaneously.
  
  • he spoke ad lib

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Ad lib"i*tum

Definitions

1. . At one's pleasure; as one wishes.

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• adverb to a sickening extent
  
  • he played the song ad nauseam

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• adverb in proportion to the estimated value of the goods taxed
  ad val.
  
  • the goods were taxed ad valorem

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• adverb in proportion to the estimated value of the goods taxed
  ad val.
  
  • the goods were taxed ad valorem

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Ad va*lo"rem

Etymology

L., according to the value.

Definitions

1. (Com.) A term used to denote a duty or charge laid upon goods, at a certain rate per cent upon their value, as stated in their invoice, -- in opposition to a specific sum upon a given quantity or number; as, an ad valorem duty of twenty per cent.

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• noun a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production
  value-added tax; VAT.
  

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Ad-

Etymology

A Latin preposition, signifying to. See At.

Definitions

1. As a prefix ad- assumes the forms ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, at-, assimilating the d with the first letter of the word to which ad- is prefixed. It remains unchanged before vowels, and before d, h, j, m, v. Examples: adduce, adhere, adjacent, admit, advent, accord, affect, aggregate, allude, annex, appear, etc. It becomes ac- before qu, as in acquiesce.

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• noun remark made spontaneously without prior preparation
  
  • his ad-libs got him in trouble with the politicians
• verb perform without preparation
  improvise; extemporize; improvize; extemporise.
  
  • he extemporized a speech at the wedding
• adjective satellite with little or no preparation or forethought
  extemporaneous; extempore; offhand; offhanded; extemporary; unrehearsed; impromptu; off-the-cuff.
  
  • his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment
  • an extemporaneous piano recital
  • an extemporary lecture
  • an extempore skit
  • an impromptu speech
  • offhand excuses
  • trying to sound offhanded and reassuring
  • an off-the-cuff toast
  • a few unrehearsed comments
• adjective satellite said or done without having been planned or written in advance
  unwritten; spontaneous.
  
  • he made a few ad-lib remarks

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• noun a short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type
  classified; classified advertisement.
  

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Ey"il-ad noun

Definitions

1. See (Eiliad.

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• (Law), a guardian appointed by a court of justice to conduct a particular suit.

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• (Naut.), a projecting part at the end of a wharf; the front of a wharf whose side forms one of the cheeks of a dock.

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• noun Barbary pirate (died in 1546)
  Barbarossa.
  

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• noun a printed advertisement that is published in a newspaper
  newspaper advertisement.
  

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• noun (reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction
  reductio.
  

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• noun sultan of Syria and Egypt; reconquered Jerusalem from the Christians in 1187 but was defeated by Richard Coeur de Lion in 1191 (1137-1193)
  Saladin.
  

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• noun a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding; disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of court
  subpoena.
  

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• NL. A writ used to procure the attendance of a witness for the purpose of testifying.

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• noun final or latest limiting point
  limit; terminal point.
  

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• noun a newspaper advertisement stating what is wanted
  

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