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   At

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   preposition

   • 1. expressing location or arrival in a particular place or position: "they live at Conway House"
   • ▪ used in speech to indicate the sign @ in email addresses, separating the address holder's name from their location.
   • 2. expressing the time when an event takes place: "the children go to bed at nine o'clock"
   • ▪ denoting a particular period of time: "the sea is cooler at night"
   • ▪ denoting the time spent by someone attending an educational institution, a workplace, or their home: "we all need to get involved in fighting crime whether it's at work, at home, or at school"
   • 3. denoting a particular point or segment on a scale: "prices start at $18,500"
   • ▪ referring to someone's age: "at fourteen he began to work as a mailman"
   • 4. expressing a particular state or condition: "placed them at a serious disadvantage"
   • ▪ expressing a relationship between an individual and a skill: "boxing was the only sport I was any good at"
   • 5. expressing the object of a look, gesture, thought, action, or plan: "I looked at my watch"
   • ▪ expressing the target of a shot from a weapon: "they tore down the main street, firing at anyone in sight"
   • ▪ emphasizing the directing of an action toward a specified object: "she clutched at the thin gown"
   • 6. expressing the means by which something is done: "holding a corrections officer at knifepoint"

   Word Origin Old Englishæt, of Germanic origin; related to Old Frisian et and Old Norse at, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin ad ‘to’.

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   at /ˈæt/ /ət/ preposition

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   : doing some activity

   •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]

   •My neighbors are always arguing, and they were at it again last night. [=they were arguing again last night]

   •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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   At definition: (used to indicate a point or place occupied in space); in, on, or near. See examples of AT used in a sentence.

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   What does AT1 mean?

   • at1 (at; unstressed ət, it), prep. in, on, or near: to stand at the door; at the bottom of the barrel. (used to indicate a location or position, as in time, on a scale, or in order): at zero; at age 65; at the end; at the lowest point. (used to indicate presence or location): at home; at hand.

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   What does at mean in a sentence?

   • Get Word of the Day daily email! The meaning of AT is —used as a function word to indicate presence or occurrence in, on, or near. How to use at in a sentence.

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   What does 'at' mean in English?

   • In Tagalog, the word at means 'and', so the symbol is used like an ampersand in colloquial writing such as text messages (e.g. magluto @ kumain, 'cook and eat'). In Thai, it is commonly called at, as in English. In Ukrainian, it is commonly called ет ( et – 'at') or Равлик (ravlyk), which means 'snail'.

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