plural of ad
"The hospital's new system uses ADS to automatically recommend treatment plans based on patient history and current medical data."
Initialism of automated decision support.
In plain English: Ads are short messages that try to sell you something.
"We skipped the commercials to watch the rest of the movie without seeing any ads."
Usage: In everyday conversation, ads refers to advertisements that promote products or services, not the technical term for automated decision support systems. Use this word when discussing commercial messages seen on television, websites, or in print media.
Initialism of anti de Sitter.
"The theoretical physicist explained that while some black holes are modeled as ads spaces, our own universe is not one."
In plain English: Ads describes something that is advertised or promoted to get people's attention.
"The theoretical physicist lectured on spacetime in ads black holes."
Usage: Do not use "ads" as an adjective to describe something related to the anti-de Sitter space; that term belongs strictly to physics and cosmology. In everyday language, "ads" is a plural noun referring only to advertisements.
Initialism of American Dialect Society.
"The old man smiled at his grandson and called him "Ads" because he was born on Christmas Day."
A nickname for Adam.
Initialism of aim down sights.
"The new mechanic allows players to hold ADS while moving, making it much easier to get a bead on enemies before they shoot you back."
Derived from the abbreviation of advertising, this term entered common usage in American English during the late 19th century to denote paid notices or announcements. It functions as a shortened form rather than having an independent historical root beyond its parent word.