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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.

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noun/æd/
  1. 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.

  2. Advantage

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Where this word comes from

Clipping of advantage.

prep/æd/
  1. to, toward

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin ad (“to, on”).

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