at
218 ENTRIES FOUND:
- at (preposition)
- at–home (adjective)
- att. (abbreviation)
- attorney at law (noun)
- down–at–the–heels (adjective)
- ill at ease (adjective)
- stay–at–home (adjective)
- all (pronoun)
- altar (noun)
- any (adjective)
- arm (noun)
- arrive (verb)
- attention (noun)
- back (noun)
- bash (noun)
- bat (noun)
- bay (noun)
- beck (noun)
- behest (noun)
- best (noun)
- bidding (noun)
- bit (noun)
- blush (noun)
- book (noun)
- bottom (noun)
- burn (verb)
- burst (verb)
- call (verb)
- call (noun)
- candle (noun)
- catch (verb)
- champ (verb)
- chomp (verb)
- close (adverb)
- clutch (verb)
- coalface (noun)
- cock (verb)
- come (verb)
- command (noun)
- cost (noun)
- crack (noun)
- cross–purposes (noun)
- dagger (noun)
- dart (verb)
- day (noun)
- death (noun)
- disposal (noun)
- distance (noun)
- door (noun)
- double (noun)
- drive (verb)
- drop (noun)
- earliest (noun)
- ease (noun)
- elbow (noun)
- end (noun)
- event (noun)
- every (adjective)
- expense (noun)
- eye (noun)
- face value (noun)
- fault (noun)
- fell (adjective)
- finger (noun)
- fingertip (noun)
- first (adjective)
- first (noun)
- fling (noun)
- fly (verb)
- foam (verb)
- foot (noun)
- froth (verb)
- fun (noun)
- get (verb)
- glance (noun)
- gnaw (verb)
- go (verb)
- go (noun)
- grab (verb)
- grasp (verb)
- gunpoint (noun)
- half–cocked (adjective)
- hand (noun)
- harp (verb)
- hat (noun)
- heap (noun)
- heart (noun)
- heel (noun)
- hint (verb)
- hip (noun)
- hit (verb)
- home (noun)
- interval (noun)
- issue (noun)
- jump (verb)
- keep (verb)
- knee (noun)
- knifepoint (noun)
- knot (noun)
- large (adjective)
- last (noun)
- leap (verb)
- least (noun)
- leave (verb)
- leisure (noun)
- length (noun)
- liberty (noun)
- light (noun)
- loggerheads (noun)
- long (adjective)
- look (verb)
- loose end (noun)
- loss (noun)
- make (verb)
- mercy (noun)
- mind (noun)
- minute (noun)
- moment (noun)
- money (noun)
- most (noun)
- mother (noun)
- mouth (noun)
- nibble (verb)
- nose (noun)
- notice (noun)
- odds (noun)
- on (preposition)
- once (noun)
- one (noun)
- outside (noun)
- pain (noun)
- pass (noun)
- peck (verb)
- peril (noun)
- pick (verb)
- pile (noun)
- pinch (noun)
- play (verb)
- pleasure (noun)
- pluck (verb)
- point (verb)
- poke (verb)
- pop (noun)
- premium (noun)
- present (noun)
- price (noun)
- pull (verb)
- pump (noun)
- push (noun)
- put (verb)
- quarter (noun)
- random (adjective)
- rate (noun)
- ready (noun)
- receive (verb)
- rest (noun)
- risk (noun)
- sail (noun)
- same (adjective)
- saw (verb)
- sea (noun)
- seam (noun)
- service (noun)
- seven (noun)
- shake (verb)
- shoot (verb)
- sick (adjective)
- sight (noun)
- six (noun)
- slash (verb)
- snail (noun)
- snatch (verb)
- sneeze (verb)
- sniff (verb)
- speed (noun)
- spur (noun)
- stake (noun)
- stare (verb)
- steady (adjective)
- stick (noun)
- stick (verb)
- stop (verb)
- straw (noun)
- stretch (noun)
- suggestion (noun)
- swoop (verb)
- table (noun)
- talk (verb)
- tangent (noun)
- tear (verb)
- that (pronoun)
- thing (noun)
- threshold (noun)
- throat (noun)
- throttle (noun)
- throw (verb)
- thumb (verb)
- tilt (verb)
- tilt (noun)
- time (noun)
- top (noun)
- tunnel (noun)
- turn (noun)
- two (noun)
- variance (noun)
- wait (verb)
- weak (adjective)
- whack (noun)
- where (adverb)
- will (noun)
- windmill (noun)
- wink (verb)
- wit (noun)
- word (noun)
- work (verb)
- work (noun)
- worry (verb)
- worst (noun)
Britannica Dictionary definition of AT
1
— used to indicate the place where someone or something is
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We're staying at a hotel.
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The kitchen is at the back of the house.
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He was sitting at the table.
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They left for Cambridge early and arrived at [=in] Cambridge before noon.
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The party will be at Susan's house. = The party will be at Susan's.
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Ann works at [=in] a library.
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We met at a party.
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They live at opposite ends of town.
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They met at [=on] a street corner in a town.
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“Is your father at home?” [=is your father home?] “No, he's working late at the office.”
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She met us at the door.
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He was standing at [=next to] the window.
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There were 200 people at the wedding. [=200 people attended the wedding]
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Their older son has graduated, but their younger son is still at school. [=is still attending school]
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Who was at the controls when the accident occurred?
2
— used to indicate the person or thing toward which an action, motion, or feeling is directed or aimed
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She pointed her gun at the target.
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He's angry at his brother.
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His anger is directed at his brother.
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She shouted (words of) abuse at me.
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He looked directly at me.
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They laughed at him.
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She grabbed at my arm. [=she tried to grab my arm]
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He poked at his food.
3
— used to indicate something that is being tried or attempted
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I made an attempt at persuading him to go.
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I took a shot at doing it myself. [=I tried to do it myself]
4
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because of or in reaction to (something)
— used to indicate the cause of an action, feeling, etc.
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They laughed at my joke.
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She's furious at how slowly the investigation is proceeding.
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I was greatly surprised at [=by] the result. [=the result surprised me greatly]
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He enlisted in the army at his father's urging. [=because his father urged him to]
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She visited the museum at my suggestion.
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They came here at our invitation.
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You can act at your own discretion.
5
— used to indicate an activity
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He's very serious when he's at work. [=when he's working]
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children who are at play [=children who are playing]
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She's good at (playing) chess. [=she plays chess well]
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I'm bad at cooking. [=I'm a bad cook, I do not cook well]
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She's doing very well at her studies.
6
— used to indicate a situation or condition
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I'm not at liberty to discuss that.
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at rest
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two nations that are at war
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people who are at risk
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He is now at peace.
7
a
— used to indicate position on a scale or in a series
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The temperature is at 90 degrees.
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He was driving at almost 80 miles an hour.
b
— used to indicate a rate
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They sell at [=for] a dollar a dozen. [=each dozen costs one dollar]
8
— used to indicate an age or time
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He plans to retire at (age) 65.
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He called us at (about/exactly) 9 o'clock on July 24.
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at dawn/noon/sunset/night
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I still think of her at certain moments/times.
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He was president of the company at (the time of) his death.
9
— used to indicate the method by which something is done
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The property was sold at auction.
10
a
— used in phrases like at best, at worst, etc., to indicate a possible result or condition that is considered best, worst, etc.
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The company will make a small profit at best this year. [=it is not possible that the company will earn anything better/more than a small profit]
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We might be 5 or 10 minutes late at worst. [=we will not be more than 5 or 10 minutes late]
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We should arrive by noon at the latest. [=we should not arrive later than noon]
b
— used in phrases like at its best, at its worst, etc., to indicate that something or someone is as good, bad, etc., as possible
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This is baseball at its best.
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He's often rude, and last night he was at his worst.
◊ The word at is used in speech in e-mail addresses.
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“Can I e-mail you?” “Sure. Our e-mail address is ‘comments at Merriam-Webster dot com.’”
In writing, the symbol @ is used instead.
at it
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doing some activity
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I didn't expect her to have started working yet, but she was already (hard) at it when I arrived. [=she was already working (hard) when I arrived]
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My neighbors are always arguing, and they were at it again last night. [=they were arguing again last night]
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Since we're cleaning the kitchen, we should wash the floor while we're at it. [=we should wash the floor when we clean the kitchen]
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“I'm going to the store to buy a newspaper.” “While you're at it, could you get some milk?”
