at
/æt/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 6.70 in modern English
2
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
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In, near, or in the general vicinity of (a particular place).
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In, near, or in the general vicinity of (a particular place).
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In, near, or in the general vicinity of (a particular place).
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In, near, or in the general vicinity of (a particular place).
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Present or taking place during (an event).
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Indicating time of occurrence, especially an instant of time, or a period of time relatively short in context or from the speaker’s perspective.
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Indicating time of occurrence, especially an instant of time, or a period of time relatively short in context or from the speaker’s perspective.
British usage
Example Sentences
- "Caesar was at Rome."
- "A climate treaty was signed at Kyoto in 1997."
- "I was at Jim’s house at the corner of Fourth Street and Vine."
- "at the bottom of the page; sitting at the table; at church; at sea"
- "Hirtius and Pansa, who were good men and admirers of Cicero, begged him not to desert them, and undertook to put down Antony if Cicero would remain at Rome."
- "(b) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Germanic *at Old English æt Middle English at English at From Middle English at, from Old English æt (“at, near, by, toward”), from Proto-West Germanic *at, from Proto-Germanic *at (“at, near, to”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“near, at”). Cognate with Scots at (“at”), North Frisian äät, äit, et, it (“at”), Danish at (“to”), Swedish åt (“for, toward”), Norwegian åt (“to”), Faroese at (“at, to, toward”), Icelandic að (“to, towards”), Gothic 𐌰𐍄 (at, “at”), Latin ad (“to, near”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: at, æt, *at, *h₂éd
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Homonyms
(some accents) it
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