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• (stressed) enPR: ăt, IPA^(key): /æt/

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  • Homophone: @
  • Rhymes: -æt
• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /ət/
  • Homophone: it (unstressed; only in some accents)

From Middle English at, from Old English æt (“at, near, by, toward”), 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”).

at

1. In, near, or in the general vicinity of a particular place.

   Caesar was at Rome.

   at the corner of Fourth Street and Vine

   at Jim’s house

   • 1919, Plutarch, “The Life of Cicero” in Parallel Lives, 43 (Bernadotte Perrin, trans.):

     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.

   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 4:

     (b) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.

   • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain):

     Today my friend Marsha is at her friend’s house.

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2. (indicating time) Indicating occurrence in an instant of time or a period of time relatively short in context or from the speaker’s perspective.

   at six o’clock

   at closing time

   at night

   • 1838, The Family Magazine:

     Lafayette was major-general in the American army at the age of 18 […]

   • 2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in the Guardian:

     Other global taboos, such as sex and suicide, manifest themselves widely online, with websites offering suicide guides and Hot XXX Action seconds away at the click of a button. The UK government will come under pressure to block access to pornographic websites this year when a committee of MPs publishes its report on protecting children online.

   • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     Hi, Anne. Are you busy? — Hi, Anna. Yes. At 10 a.m. I am writing.

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3. In the direction of (often implied to be in a hostile or careless manner).

   Don’t just talk at someone; really listen to what they have to say.

   He threw the ball at me.

   He shouted at her.

   • 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

     “My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly.
     Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan.
     “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”

   • 2023 July 9, Barbie, spoken by Ken (Ryan Gosling):

     Come on in. I’ll play the guitar at you.

5. Denotes a price.

   3 apples at 2¢ (each)

   The offer was at $30,000 before negotiations.

6. Occupied in (activity).

   men at work

7. In a state of.

   She is at sixes and sevens with him.

   They are at loggerheads over how best to tackle the fiscal cliff.

   The city was at the mercy of the occupying forces.

8. Indicates a position on a scale or in a series.

   Sell at 90.

   Tiger finished the round at tenth, seven strokes behind the leaders.

   I’m offering it—just to select customers—at cost.

9. Because of.

   to laugh at a joke

   mad at their comments

10. Indicates a means, method, or manner.
    • 1995, Richard Klein, Cigarettes are Sublime, →ISBN, page 41:

      […] to be sold at auction for sixty gold francs.

    • 2012, Sami Moubayed, Syria and the USA: Washington's Relations with Damascus, →ISBN:

      A few days later, on 1 October, King Hussein opened the Jordanian Parliament by speaking at length about the crisis in Syria,

11. Holding a given speed or rate.

    It is growing at the rate of 3% a year.

    Cruising along at fifty miles per hour.

12. (used for skills (including in activities) or areas of knowledge) On the subject of; regarding.

    The twins were both bad at chemistry.

    He slipped at marksmanship over his extended vacation.

    • 2015, Sanyan Stories: Favorites from a Ming Dynasty Collection, →ISBN, page 157:

      She’s good at playing musical instruments, singing and dancing, chess, calligraphy, and painting.

13. (Ireland, stressed pronunciation) Bothering, irritating, causing discomfort to
    • 1995 Keith Wood, quoted in David Hughes, "Wood odds-on to take one against the head", in The Independent (London) 18 January:

      I think ‘Jesus, my back is at me’. Then I get the ball. Off you go for 10 yards and you don’t feel a thing. Then you stop and think: ‘Jesus, it’s at me again’[.]

    • 2014 Marian Keyes "Antarctic Diary - Part 2" personal website (January 2014):

      He seems to be saying. “Ah, go on, you’re making the other lads feel bad.” But the 4th fella says, “No. Don’t be ‘at’ me. I’m just not in the form right now, I’ll stay where I am, thanks.”

14. (UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, especially finance) (also as at; before dates) On a particular date.
    • n.d., quoted in Longmans Business Dictionary:

      balance as at 20th March 1999

• He threw the ball to me — (so I could catch it).
• He threw the ball at me — (trying to hit me with it).

• He talked to her — (conversationally).
• He shouted at her — (aggressively).

at (plural ats)

2. The at sign (@).

at (third-person singular simple present ats, present participle atting, simple past and past participle atted)

1. (informal, neologism) Rare form of @; to reply to or talk to someone, either online or face-to-face. (from the practice of targeting a message or reply to someone online by writing @name)
   • 2022, William Morris, Motley Vision:

     If you have questions or observations on my discussion questions, feel free to reply to this email, at me on Twitter, or comment on the companion post on AMV.

Chiefly used in the phrase "don't @ me"/"don't at me". It can be used humorously when stated after an unpopular or ironic opinion, to forestall dissent.

at

1. (Northern England, rare, possibly obsolete) Alternative form of 'at (relative pronoun; reduced form of “that” and/or “what”)
   • 1860, Robert Gordon Latham, Song of Solomon, as spoken in Durham [by Thomas Moore], in A hand-book of the English language:

     Tak us t’ foxes, t’ little foxes at spoils t’ veynes: fer our veynes hev tender grapes.

at (plural ats or at)

1. Alternative form of att (Laos currency unit)

• “at”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• T&A, T.A., T/A, TA, ta

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آت (at, “horse”).^[1][2]

át m (plural atllárë, definite áti)

1. saddle horse, steed

   Near-synonyms: kálë, hamshór

2. (figurative) strong hard-working man

   Synonym: farán

• “at”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• “at”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[2] (in Albanian), 1980
• Jungg, G. (1895) “at”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 2*

• IPA^(key): /ɑt/

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From Proto-Turkic *at (“horse”).^[1]

at (definite accusative atı, plural atlar)

1. horse
2. (chess) knight

Chess pieces in Azerbaijani · şahmat fiqurları (layout · text)
şah	vəzir	top	fil	at	piyada

• “at” in Obastan.com.

at

1. second-person singular imperative of atmaq

Borrowed from Tagalog at.

• IPA^(key): /ʔat/ [ʔat]

at (Basahan spelling ᜀᜆ᜔)

1. (Daet) and

   Synonyms: asin, saka, buda, sagkod, nan, tapos

at (inanimate)

1. : water

at

1. boy

From Proto-Turkic *at.

at

1. horse

• “at”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

From Old Norse at. Cognate with Swedish att, Norwegian at. Probably from Proto-Germanic *þat, a demonstrative pronoun used as a conjunction; compare English that, German dass, Dutch dat.

• IPA^(key): /ad/, [æ(d̥)], [æ(t)]

at

1. that (introduces a noun clause functioning as the subject, object or predicative of a verb, or as the object of a prepositional phrase)
   • 1986, Knud Erik Larsen, Bare ikke om søndagen‎^[3]:

     Knud hørte, at bedstefaren lagde værktøjet fra sig

     Knud heard that his grandfather put down the tool.

   • 1876, J.P. Jacobsen, Fru Marie Grubbe‎^[4], volume 1, page 67:

     Hun var overbevist om at det var sandt.

     She was convinced that it was true.

2. (archaic) that, in order that, so that (introduces an adverbial clause stating the purpose)
   • 1856, Christian Winther, Hr. Peder Jernskjæg, from Hjortens Flugt / https://kalliope.org/da/text/winther2018100610:

     Og Hjorten vil jeg fange, | At Korset jeg kan faae.

     And the deer, I will catch, that I may win the cross.

   • 1987, Thomas Bruun, Et paradisisk blik. Humoresker og grotesker:

     det er helvedes svært, at du bare ved det.

     it is damned difficult, just that you know it.

   Synonym: for at

3. that, so that (introduces an adverbial clause stating the result, normally after a demonstrative adverb or pronoun)
   • 1902, Karin Michaëlis, Barnet‎^[5]:

     Jeg er saa fattig, at jeg sulter paa Sjæl og Legeme.

     I am so poor that I starve in my soul and my body.

   Synonyms: så at, således at

4. that, why (introducing an independent clause, expressing passion, surprise, anger, or joy)
   • 1901, Herman Bang, Det graa Hus‎^[6]:

     At De kan synge saa tidligt om Morgenen.

     That you can sing that early in the morning.

5. (proscribed) added pleonastically to other conjunctions: fordi at, hvis at, når at
   • 2009, Frank Colding, Sejleren, p. 32 / https://books.google.dk/books?id=HCNperkZeKIC&pg=PA32:

     Forbavset aner min forstand, | at denne scenes sære magt | kun begribes, hvis at man | bevæger sig i dansetakt.

     Astonished, my mind senses that the strange power of this scene can only be understood if one moves in dance steps.

• “at,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “at,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

From Old Norse at, cognate with Swedish att, Norwegian å. Originally the same word as the preposition Old Norse at (“at, to”), from Proto-Germanic *at, cognate with English at. Doublet of ad). In the West Germanic languages, a different preposition, *tō (“to”), serves as the infinitive marker, cf English to, German zu, Dutch te.

• IPA^(key): [ʌ], [ɒ̽]
• (at the beginning of a sentence) IPA^(key): [ʌ], [ɒ̽], /ad/, [æt]
• Homophone: og

at

1. to (infinitive-marker, obligatory when the infinitive functions as noun phrase or an adverbial phrase, but omitted when it is governed by a modal verb)

   Det er menneskeligt at fejle.

   It is human to fail.

2. introducing an adverb of direction after a phrase that normally governs an infinitive (which may be understood elliptically)
   • 1992, Thøger Birkeland, Bette Nielses krig:

     Mon de da ikke snart skulle til at hjemad!

     Aren't they going to go home soon!

• “at,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “at,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

• IPA^(key): /ɑt/

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• Rhymes: -ɑt

at

1. singular past indicative of eten
2. inflection of atten:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

at

1. water

at

1. Manuel de Codage transliteration of ꜥt.

• IPA^(key): /ɛaːʰt/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːʰt
• Homophone: æt

From Old Norse at.

at

1. at, towards, to [with dative]

From Old Norse at (“that”), from Proto-Germanic *þat (“that”). Cognate with Middle English at (“that”, conjunction and relative pronoun), Scots at (“that”, conjunction and relative pronoun). More at that.

at

1. that

From Old Norse at (“at, to”), from Proto-Germanic *at (“at, to”). More at at.

at

1. to A particle used to mark the following verb as an infinitive.

   At lyfta. ― To lift

From Latin actus. Cognate with Italian atto.

at m (plural ats)

1. act, action, deed

• azion

Borrowed from English at.

• IPA^(key): /ɛt/

at n (strong, genitive at, plural ats)

1. at, at-sign

   Synonyms: at-Zeichen, Klammeraffe

at

1. (dated, physics) Symbol for technische Atmosphäre, a non-SI unit of pressure used until 1978.

   Coordinate terms: atü, Pascal

• “at” in Duden online
• “at” in Duden online
• “at” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

at

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐍄

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /aːt/
• Rhymes: -aːt

at n (genitive singular ats, nominative plural öt)

1. fight

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /ɑt̪ˠ/^[1]
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /at̪ˠ/, [aːt̪ˠ]^[2]
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /at̪ˠ/^[3]

From Old Irish att (“swelling, protuberance, tumour”).^[4]

at m (genitive singular as substantive ait, genitive as verbal noun ata, nominative plural atanna)

1. swelling
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 11:

     tā at ə l̄āv m inīnə.

     [Tá at i lámh m’iníne.]

     My daughter has a swelling on her hand.

   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 11:

     tā šȧxt n-at i n-ə wunāl.

     [Tá seacht n-at ina mhuineál.]

     He has seven swellings on his neck.

   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 11:

     kiŕ də lāv ə n̄-isḱə leš n̥ t-at ə wȳlū.

     [Cuir do lámh in uisce leis an t-at a maolú.]

     Put your hand in water to reduce the swelling.

2. verbal noun of at

From Old Irish attaid (“swells, dilates, increases”, verb), from att (“swelling, protuberance, tumour”).^[5]

at (present atann, future atfaidh, verbal noun at, past participle ata)

1. (intransitive) swell

   Synonym: borr

   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 11:

     tā ə h-ēdn̥ atī.

     [Tá a héadan ataithe.]

     Her face is swollen.

   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 11:

     tā mə lāv atī.

     [Tá mo lámh ataithe.]

     My hand is swollen.

2. (intransitive) bloat
3. (intransitive, of sea) heave

• Alternative past participle: ataithe

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “at”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “at”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 42
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “ataim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• “at”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Compare Pangasinan ta and tan, Remontado Agta at, Tagalog at, Malay dan, Indonesian dan, Hawaiian a.

• IPA^(key): /ˈat/ [ˈät]

at

1. and

   Synonyms: saka, ampo, atsaka

   Pakibilisan at bawal mabagal.

   Do it faster and stop being slow.

at

1. with

   Mapagpasubuk at alang pamagkakelanganan.

   to be a challenger with no hesitations.

From Latin actus.

at m (plural ac)

1. act
2. action
3. work

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /at/, [ät̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /at/, [ät̪]

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éti.

at

1. introduces a different but not completely opposing thought: but, yet, moreover, on the other hand, on the contrary, still
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.1:

     At rēgīna [...].

     But the Queen [...].
     (This phrase, which begins Book 4, recurs twice more to begin subsections within the book: cf. 4.296, 4.504.)

2. whereas

• ast
• sed
• tamen (postpositive)

• atquī

Alternative spelling of ad. See aliquit#Etymology.

at (+ accusative)

1. Alternative spelling of ad (“towards, to”)
   • 1490 – 1500, Iovianus Pontanus, Hendecasyllaborum seu Baiarum libri duo 1.30.26:

     At te balneolae tuae bearunt,

• "at", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "at", in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• at in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[7], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

• attõ, āt, ātõ

at

1. third-person plural present indicative of vȱlda

From Old English æt, from Proto-Germanic *at, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd.

• et, ed

at

1. at

• English: at
• Scots: at
• Yola: adh, ad

• “at, prep.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Old Norse at.

at

1. (Northern, northern East Midlands) to (infinitive-marker)

• “at, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

at (Föhr-Amrum)

1. the (feminine and neuter definite article, reduced form)

   Coordinate term: (full form) det

• The article form at can be used with all feminine and neuter nouns. However, some original feminines may still take the older form a (otherwise now restricted to masculines). This group of feminines consists of a limited number of everyday words, including those for relatives, body parts and items of clothing. The article a is used with these especially in a possessive sense. For example: Hi hee a hun breegen. (“He broke the [i.e. his] hand.”)

• e, et (Mooring)

at (Föhr-Amrum)

1. Reduced form of hat (“it”, subject)
2. Reduced form of ham (“it”, object)

• The form at is always unstressed, but not necessarily enclitic like other reduced forms.

• 't (enclitic)
• et (Mooring, Sylt)

From Old Frisian jit, from Proto-West Germanic *jit (“you two”). Regarding the Sylt Frisian forms at (“the two of you”) versus jat (“the two of them”), it is clear that jat became at some point associated with ja, jam, jaar (“they, them, their”). For a while jat must have had both senses, which was facilitated by the general overlap between second-person and third-person plural forms in North Frisian; compare jam, which means “them” on Sylt, “you [plural]” on Föhr and Anrum, and both of these in Mooring Frisian. The form at may have been originally an enclitic byform of jat, or may have been backformed later to reintroduce a distinction between second and third person.

at (Sylt, dated)

1. you two, the two of you (second-person dual personal pronoun)

• jat (Föhr-Amrum, Mooring, both obsolete)

From Old Norse at. Cognate with Danish at and Swedish att.

• IPA^(key): /at/, [ɑt]

at

1. that

“at” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse at. Cognate with Danish at and Swedish att.

• IPA^(key): /ɑtː/
• Homophone: att

at

1. that

“at” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• it (second-person singular)
• ata (third-person plural relative)

• (second-person singular): IPA^(key): /at/
• (third-person plural relative): IPA^(key): /ad/

at

1. inflection of is:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. third-person plural present indicative relative

From Proto-Germanic *atą. Related to Old Norse etja.

at n (genitive ats, plural ǫt)

1. conflict, fight, battle

• Icelandic: at