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want ad

want ad noun: an advertisement (in a newspaper, magazine, etc.) for something wanted; a classified advertisement.

Noun

want ad (plural want ads)

  1. (informal) An advertisement (in a newspaper, magazine, etc.) for something wanted; a classified advertisement.
    • Don't like: Cruising, bars, pickles, strobe lights, chrome & glass furniture, using a want-ad to meet someone.1979 April 14, Bob Williams, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 14

want ad meaning in Urdu

want ad in Urdu

ملازمتی اشتہار

Forms of want ad

pluralwant ads

Questions about want ad

What does want ad mean?
Want ad means an advertisement (in a newspaper, magazine, etc.) for something wanted; a classified advertisement.
What is want ad in Urdu?
Want ad in Urdu is ملازمتی اشتہار. See Want ad meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is want ad?
Want ad is a noun.
What is the plural of want ad?
The plural of want ad is want ads.

Words near want ad in the dictionary

  1. wansta
  2. Wanstead
  3. Wansteads
  4. Wanstrow
  5. want
  6. want ad
  7. want ads
  8. want for nothing
  9. want in
  10. want list
  11. want lists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: want ad (page history and authors); want ad (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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