ALL meanings of at
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A a - preposition at You use at to indicate the place or event where something happens or is situated. 4
- preposition at If someone is at school or college, or at a particular school or college, they go there regularly to study. 3
- preposition at If you are at something such as a table, a door, or someone's side, you are next to it or them. 3
- preposition at When you are describing where someone or something is, you can say that they are at a certain distance. You can also say that one thing is at an angle in relation to another thing. 3
- preposition at If something happens at a particular time, that is the time when it happens or begins to happen. 3
- preposition at If you do something at a particular age, you do it when you are that age. 3
- preposition at You use at to express a rate, frequency, level, or price. 3
- preposition at You use at before a number or amount to indicate a measurement. 3
- preposition at If you look at someone or something, you look towards them. If you direct an object or a comment at someone, you direct it towards them. 3
- preposition at You can use at after verbs such as 'smile' or 'wave' and before nouns referring to people to indicate that you have put on an expression or made a gesture which someone is meant to see or understand. 3
- preposition at If you point or gesture at something, you move your arm or head in its direction so that it will be noticed by someone you are with. 3
- preposition at If you are working at something, you are dealing with it. If you are aiming at something, you are trying to achieve it. 3
- preposition at If something is done at someone's invitation or request, it is done as a result of it. 3
- preposition at You use at to say that someone or something is in a particular state or condition. 3
- preposition at You use at before a possessive pronoun and a superlative adjective to say that someone or something has more of a particular quality than at any other time. 3
- preposition at You use at to say how something is being done. 3
- preposition at You use at to show that someone is doing something repeatedly. 3
- preposition at You use at to indicate an activity or task when saying how well someone does it. 3
- preposition at You use at to indicate what someone is reacting to. 3
- preposition at used to indicate location or position 3
- preposition at towards; in the direction of 3
- preposition at used to indicate position in time 3
- preposition at engaged in; in a state of (being) 3
- preposition at (in expressions concerned with habitual activity) during the passing of (esp in the phrase at night) 3
- preposition at for; in exchange for 3
- preposition at used to indicate the object of an emotion 3
- noun at a Laotian monetary unit worth one hundredth of a kip 3
- abbreviation AT Austria 3
- abbreviation AT astatine 3
- abbreviation AT ampere-turn 3
- abbreviation AT attainment target 3
- abbreviation AT atmosphere (unit of pressure) 3
- abbreviation AT atomic 3
- preposition at on; in; near; by: at is the preposition of general (usually static) location, and is replaced by in, on, etc. when a more precise indication of location is needed 3
- preposition at to or toward as the goal or object 3
- preposition at criticizing, attacking, pestering, etc. 3
- preposition at through 3
- preposition at from 3
- abbreviation AT attending 3
- preposition at occupied in; busy with 3
- preposition at in a condition or state of 3
- preposition at in the manner of 3
- preposition at because of; in response to 3
- abbreviation AT according to 3
- preposition at with reference to 3
- preposition at in the amount or number, to the degree, for the price, etc. of 3
- preposition at from an interval or distance of 3
- preposition at occurring on the hour, minute, etc. of 3
- preposition at being of the age of 3
- preposition at during the period of 3