ad
Pronunciation: [ˈad]
“ad” is a Latin word. Its 16 meanings in English:
preposition
- toward, to (direction)
- up to (indicating direction upwards)
- near, by, close by, at, to (indicating location)
- against, on, upon (indicating position)
- against, at (indicating movement 'toward' but in a hostile manner)
- to, for (indicating a target or recipient)
- at, about, around, on, in (indicating a point in time)
- until, to, up to, till (indicating the extent of time)
- for, to, toward (indicating purpose or aim)
- in order to, to, for (indicating means)
- in comparison with, in comparison to, in relation to
- in consequence of
- among, amongst (indicating the sharing of a characteristic)
- about, around, approximately, thereabout (of numbers)
- according to (indicating conformity)
- in various adverbial idioms
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *ad, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“near, at”). Cognates include English at. The accusative is from the hypothesized pre-PIE allative (or 'directional'), which merged with the accusative case in Proto-Italic.
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