aa
/ˈɑ.ɑ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.01 in modern English
2
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
1
Syllables
1
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "In a letter to Cohen, written between 1956 and 1961, he reported hearing gossip about his LSD use in AA circles. He reminded Cohen about "the desirability" of omitting his name "when discussing LSD with AAs". Cohen reassured Wilson that his LSD trials did not include other active AA members."
- "Whether your camera takes AAs or a unique, proprietary battery, you should always have a spare. […] You will not be able to walk into a local supermarket and buy a new one as you can with AAs."
- "It’s also tough to keep on top of charging all the batteries needed. The remote takes standard AAs, but the drone has a huge lithium battery that charges with a special wall unit."
- "Some of the rules guiding these nominations are affirmative action (AA)¹ policies intended to increase the influence of and to encourage nomination of women and minorities. […] A review of the extant literature on AA and its effect on decision-makers produces competing hypotheses about the potential impact on female candidates seeking party nomination."
- "They're setting up an AA battery. That thing'll tear the Dawn apart... We'll wait for you to take the shot."
- "All proteinogenic amino acids (AAs) are claimed to be levorotatory (L-configured). Nevertheless, dextrorotatory AAs (D-configured) are also found in nature (Gao et al., 2015; Ollivaux et al., 2014), for example, in the organic material of extraterrestrial comets (Cronin and Pizzarello, 1983), or, formed by slow racemization, in all dead biological material."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɑ.ɑ/
- British English: /ˈɑː.ɑː/
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- American usage
- British usage
- Dated
- Transitive verb