At - English meaning

æt

At – definitions in English dictionary

preposition
Expressing location or arrival in a particular place or position.
Usage examples:
They live at conway house
preposition
Expressing the time when an event takes place.
Usage examples:
The children go to bed at nine o'clock
preposition
Denoting a particular point or level on a scale.
Usage examples:
Prices start at £18,500
preposition
Expressing a particular state or condition.
Usage examples:
His ready smile put her at ease
preposition
Expressing the object of a look, thought, action, or plan.
Usage examples:
I looked at my watch
preposition
Expressing the means by which something is done.
Usage examples:
Holding a prison officer at knifepoint

noun
A monetary unit of laos, equal to one hundredth of a kip.

prefix
Variant spelling of ad- assimilated before t (as in attend, attenuate ).

noun
The chemical element of atomic number 85, a radioactive member of the halogen group. astatine was first produced by bombarding bismuth with alpha particles, and it occurs in traces in nature as a decay product.

The chemical element astatine.

preposition
Used to show a particular place or a particular time
Usage examples:
I’ll meet you at the theater at 7:45 tonight., call me at work., there’s someone at the door (= out…

preposition
Used to show an exact position or particular place
Usage examples:
We'll meet you at the entrance., that bit at the beginning of the film was brilliant., she's sittin…

preposition
Used to show an exact or a particular time
Usage examples:
There's a meeting at 2.30 this afternoon., are you free at lunchtime?, in theory, women can still h…

preposition
In the direction of
Usage examples:
She smiled at me., they waved at us as we drove by., she aimed at the target., "look at me! look at…

preposition
Used to show the cause of something, especially a feeling
Usage examples:
We were surprised at the news., i was quite excited at the prospect., why does no one ever laugh at…

preposition
Used to show the activity in which someone's ability is being judged
Usage examples:
I was never very good at sports., he's very good at getting on with people., she's hopeless at orga…

preposition
The @ symbol that joins the name of a person or a department in an organization to a domain name to make an email address
Usage examples:
"what's your email address?" "it's dictionary at cambridge dot org."

preposition
Used to show a price, temperature, rate, speed, etc.
Usage examples:
I'm not going to buy those shoes at $150!, inflation is running at 5 percent., he was driving at 12…

preposition
Used in financial records to show the price, rate, etc. of a particular thing or of each of a number of things on a list
Usage examples:
50 units @ £4.75