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at1 / at/ • prep. 1. expressing location or arrival in a particular place or position: they live at Conway House. ∎ used in speech to indicate the sign @ in electronic mail addresses, separating the address-holder's name from their location. 2. expressing the time when an event takes place: the children go to bed at nine o'clock. ∎ denoting a particular period of time: the sea is cooler at night. ∎ denoting the time spent by someone attending an educational institution, a workplace, or their home: at work, at home, or at school. 3. denoting a particular point or segment on a scale: prices start at $18. ∎ referring to someone's age: at fourteen he began to work as a mailman. 4. expressing a particular state or condition: placed them at a serious disadvantage. ∎ expressing a relationship between an individual and a skill: boxing was the only sport I was any good at. 5. expressing the object of a look, gesture, thought, action, or plan: I looked at my watch. ∎ expressing the target of a shot from a weapon: they tore down the main street, firing at anyone in sight. ∎ emphasizing the directing of an action toward a specified object: she clutched at the thin gown. 6. expressing the means by which something is done: holding a corrections officer at knifepoint. PHRASES: at allsee all. at firstsee first. at it engaged in some activity, typically a reprehensible one: the guy who faked the Hitler diaries is at it again. at lastsee last1 . at leastsee least. at mostsee most. at oncesee once. at that in addition; furthermore: it was not fog but smoke, and very thick at that. not at allsee not. where it's at inf. the fashionable place, possession, or activity: New York is where it's at. at2 / ät/ • n. a monetary unit of Laos, equal to one hundredth of a kip. |
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"at." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "at." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-at005.html "at." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-at005.html |
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at OE. æt = OS. at, OHG. az, ON., Goth. at; CGmc. prep. and verbal prefix denoting position and motion towards, further rel. to L. (and Osco-Umbrian) ad to, at, AD-, OIr. ad-. Lost in s.w. Eng. dial., as in modDu. and G., and repl. by to; in Scand., on the other hand, to was lost and repl by at (e.g. with the infin.; cf. ADO).
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T. F. HOAD. "at." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "at." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-at.html T. F. HOAD. "at." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-at.html |
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At • symb. the chemical element astatine. |
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"At." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "At." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-at.html "At." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-at.html |
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At symbol for the element astatine . |
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"At." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "At." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-At.html "At." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-At.html |
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•at, bat, brat, cat, chat, cravat, drat, expat, fat, flat, frat, gat, gnat, hat, hereat, high-hat, howzat, lat, mat, matt, matte, Montserrat, Nat, outsat, pat, pit-a-pat, plait, plat, prat, Rabat, rat, rat-tat, Sadat, sat, scat, Sebat, shabbat, shat, skat, slat, spat, splat, sprat, stat, Surat, tat, that, thereat, tit-for-tat, vat, whereat
•fiat • floreat • exeat • caveat
•Croat, Serbo-Croat
•Nanga Parbat • brickbat • dingbat
•combat, wombat
•fruitbat • numbat • acrobat • backchat
•whinchat • chitchat • samizdat
•concordat • Arafat • Jehoshaphat
•butterfat • Kattegat • hard hat
•sun hat • fat cat • hellcat • requiescat
•scaredy-cat • Magnificat • copycat
•pussycat • wildcat • bobcat • tomcat
•Sno-Cat • polecat • muscat • meerkat
•mudflat • cervelat
•doormat, format
•diplomat • laundromat • Zermatt
•Donat • cowpat
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"at." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "at." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-at.html "at." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-at.html |
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