Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

matter at hand

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.08 in modern English

Syllables
mat-ter at -hand
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The current issue, which requires immediate attention.

Inflected Forms

the matter at hand (canonical) matters at hand (plural)

Questions

What does matter at hand mean?
The current issue, which requires immediate attention.

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