at

See also Appendix:Variations of "at"

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English at, from Old English æt (“at, near, by, toward”), from Proto-Germanic *at (“at, near, to”), from Proto-Indo-European *ád (“near, at”). Cognate with Scots at (“at”), North Frisian äät, äit, et, it (“at”), Danish at (“to”), Faroese at (“at, to, toward”), Norwegian åt (“to”), Swedish åt (“for, toward”), Icelandic að (“to, towards”), Gothic 𐌰𐍄 (at, “at”), Latin ad (“to , near”).

Pronunciation

• (stressed) enPR: ăt, IPA: /æt/, X-SAMPA: /{t/
• (unstressed) IPA: /ət/, X-SAMPA: /@t/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -æt
• Homophone: @

Preposition

at

1. In or very near a particular place.
   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 4

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

   At that precise position, at Jim’s house.

2. (indicating time) Simultaneous, during.
   • 2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, 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.

   At six o’clock, at closing time, at night.

3. In the direction of (often in an unfocused or uncaring manner).

   He threw the ball at me, he shouted at her.

4. Occupied in (activity).

   Men at work.

5. 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.

6. Because of.

   Laugh at a joke.

7. Holding a given speed or rate.

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

   Cruising along at fifty miles per hour.

8. 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.

Usage notes

• 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).

Translations

in or very near a particular place

• Arabic: عند (ar) (ʿind)

  Egyptian Arabic: عند (ʿand)

• Belarusian: у (be) (u) / ў (be) (ŭ), пры (be) (pry), каля (be) (kaljá)
• Breton: e
• Bulgarian: в (bg) (v), на (bg) (na), при (bg) (pri), до (bg) (do)
• Burmese: မှာ (my) (hma), ၌ (my) (hnaik)
• Catalan: a
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 喺 (hai2) (vernacular), 在 (joi6) (formal)

  Mandarin: 在 (cmn) (zài)

• Czech: u (cs), při (cs)
• Danish: på (da)
• Dutch: op (nl), bij (nl)
• Esperanto: sur (eo)
• Faroese: í (fo) / á (fo) / hjá (fo) / til (fo)
• Finnish: -lla / -llä (adessive case);
  -ssa / -ssä (inessive case)
• French: à (fr), en (fr)
• German: an (de), auf (de), bei (de), in (de)
• Greek: στον (ston) m, στη (sti) f, στο (sto) n; στους (stous) m pl, στις (stis) f pl, στα (sta) n pl
• Hebrew: אֵצֶל (he) (etsél)
• Hungarian: -n / -on / -en / -ön (superessive case); -nál / -nél (adessive case)
• Ido: ye
• Interlingua: a, in
• Irish: ag (ga)
• Italian: a (it), in (it)
• Japanese: ...で (ja) (...de), ... に (ja) (...ni)
• Korean: ...에서 (ko) (...eso)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji li

  Sorani: (le)

• Latgalian: pi

• Latin: dative case, in (la)
• Latvian: pie (lv)
• Macedonian: во (mk) (vo), на (mk) (na), кај (mk) (kaj), при (mk) (pri)
• Malay: di (ms)
• Navajo: -di, -gi
• Neapolitan: a
• Norwegian: på (no)
• Novial: che, an, sur
• Persian: در (fa) (dar)
• Polish: u (pl), przy (pl)
• Portuguese: a (pt), em (pt)
• Rapa Nui: i
• Romanian: la (ro)
• Russian: в (ru) (v), на (ru) (na), у (ru) (u), возле (ru) (vózle)
• Slovak: v; pri; na

  At home = doma

  At work = v práci

  At the table = pri stole

  At the top = na vrchu

• Slovene: pri (sl), na (sl), ob (sl)
• Spanish: en (es)
• Swedish: på (sv), vid (sv)

  At home = hemma

  At work = på jobbet

  At the table = vid bordet

• Telugu: వద్ద (vadda)
• Thai: ณ (th) (nā)
• Tok Pisin: long (tpi)
• Turkish: -da (tr), -de (tr)
• Ukrainian: у (uk) (u) / в (uk) (v), при (uk) (pry), біля (uk) (biljá)
• Vietnamese: ở tại (vi), lúc (vi), vào (vi), ở (vi)
• Walloon: a (wa)
• Welsh: wrth (cy), ger (cy), yn (cy)

indicating time

• Albanian: në (sq)
• Arabic: في (ar) (fi)

  Egyptian Arabic: في (fi)

• Breton: da
• Bulgarian: в (bg) (v)
• Burmese: မှာ (my) (hma), ၌ (my) (hnaik)
• Catalan: a
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (no preposition is uzed, e.g.:) 五點鐘, 五点钟 (wǔ diǎnzhōng) or 五點, 五点 (wǔ diǎn) "at five o'clock"

• Czech: v (cs)
• Danish: på (da)
• Dutch: om (nl)
• Esperanto: je (eo)
• Finnish: -lta / -ltä (ablative case);
  -na / -nä (essive case)
• French: à (fr)
• German: um (de)
• Greek: στον (ston) m, στη (sti) f, στο (sto) n; στους (stous) m pl, στις (stis) f pl, στα (sta) n pl
• Hungarian: -kor (temporalis case)
• Interlingua: a
• Italian: a (it)

• Japanese: ...に (ja) (...ni)
• Korean: ...에 (ko) (...e)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: li

  Sorani: (le)

• Latin: ablative case
• Macedonian: во (mk) (vo)
• Malay: pada (ms)
• Maltese: fi (mt)
• Novial: ye
• Polish: o (pl), w (pl)
• Portuguese: a (pt)
• Romanian: la (ro)
• Russian: в (ru) (v)
• Slovak: o (sk)
• Slovene: ob (sl)
• Spanish: a (es)
• Swedish: vid (sv)

  At five o’clock = klockan fem or vid fem (informal)

  At midnight = vid midnatt

• Volapük: tü (vo)
• Walloon: a (wa)

in the direction of

• Arabic: في (ar) (fi)
• Bulgarian: в (bg) (v)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 在 (cmn) (zài)

• Czech: na (cs), do (cs)
• Danish: til (da)
• Dutch: op (nl)
• Esperanto: al (eo)
• Faroese: eftir (fo) (dative case (fo))
• Finnish: -lle (allative case); kohti
• French: à (fr)
• German: nach (de), zu (de)
• Greek: στον (ston) m, στη (sti) f, στο (sto) n; στους (stous) m pl, στις (stis) f pl, στα (sta) n pl
• Hungarian: -t (accusative case)
• Interlingua: a
• Irish: ag (ga)
• Italian: a (it)
• Japanese: ...に (ja) (...ni), ...を (ja) (...o)
• Korean: ...에게 (ko) (...ege)

• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: li

  Sorani: (le)

• Latin: ad (la)
• Macedonian: во (mk) (vo), на (mk) (na)
• Norwegian: på (no)
• Novial: vers, a
• Polish: na (pl), do (pl)
• Portuguese: a (pt)
• Romanian: înspre, spre (ro)
• Russian: в (ru) (v), на (ru) (na)
• Slovak: do (sk)
• Spanish: a (es)
• Swedish: på (sv), mot (sv)

  Han kastade sten mot mig = He threw stones at (=towards) me

  Han kastade sten på mig = He threw stones at me (...and hit me)

• Thai: ณ (th) (nā)
• Tok Pisin: long (tpi)
• Walloon: a (wa)

Noun

at (plural ats)

1. the @ symbol.

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: you · not · be · #20: at · by · on · her

Anagrams

• ta, TA, T.A.

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Azeri

Etymology

From Old Turkic at, from Proto-Turkic *at, *ăt (“horse”).

Noun

Other scripts
Cyrillic	ат‍
Roman	at‍
Perso-Arabic	‍آت‍

at definite accusative atı plural atlar

1. horse

Declension

declension of at

	singular	plural
absolute	at	atlar
definite accusative	atı	atları
dative	ata	atlara
locative	atda	atlarda
ablative	atdan	atlardan
definite genitive	atın	atların

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Danish

Conjunction

at

1. that

Particle

at

1. to (infinitive-marker)

   Det er menneskeligt at fejle.

   To err is human.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɑt/
• Rhymes: -ɑt

Verb

at

1. singular past indicative of eten
2. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of atten
3. imperative of atten

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Faroese

Etymology 1

From Old Norse at.

Preposition

at (+ dative)

1. at, towards, to

Etymology 2

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.

Conjunction

at

1. that

Etymology 3

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

Particle

að (infinitive particle)

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

At lyfta. (To lift)

Usage notes

• The infinitive particle að is the only infinitive marker in Icelandic.

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Gothic

Romanization

at

1. See 𐌰𐍄

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish att.

Noun

at m (genitive ait, nominative plural atanna)

1. swelling

Declension

Declension of at

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative at atanna Vocative a ait a atanna Genitive ait atanna Dative at atanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-at na hatanna Genitive an ait na n-atanna Dative leis an at don at leis na hatanna

Verb

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

1. to swell
2. to bloat

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	ataim	atann tú; atair†	atann sé, sí	ataimid	atann sibh	atann siad; ataid†	atar
	past	d'at mé; d'atas†	d'at tú; d'atais†	d'at sé, sí	d'atamar	d'at sibh; d'atabhair†	d'at siad; d'atadar†	atadh
	future	atfaidh mé; atfad†	atfaidh tú; atfair†	atfaidh sé, sí	atfaimid; atfam†	atfaidh sibh	atfaidh siad; atfaid†	atfar
	past habitual	d'atainn	d'atá	d'atadh sé, sí	d'ataimis	d'atadh sibh	d'ataidís	d'ataí
imperative		ataim	at	atadh sé, sí	ataimis	ataigí	ataidís	atar
conditional		d'atfainn	d'atfá	d'atfadh sé, sí	d'atfaimis	d'atfadh sibh	d'atfaidís	d'atfaí
subjunctive	present	ata mé; atad†	ata tú; atair†	ata sé, sí	ataimid	ata sibh	ata siad; ataid†	atar
	past	atainn	atá	atadh sé, sí	ataimis	atadh sibh	ataidís	ataí
verbal noun		at
past participle		ata

† Dialect form

Synonyms

• (to swell): borr

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
at	n-at	hat	t-at
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Latin

Conjunction

at

1. but, yet

Synonyms

• ast
• sed
• tamen (postpositive)

Derived terms

• atque

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Norwegian Bokmål

Conjunction

at

1. that

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Conjunction

at

1. that

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

• (2 sg.): it
• (3 pl. rel.): ata

Pronunciation

2nd singular

• IPA: /at/

3rd plural relative

• IPA: /ad/

Verb

at

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

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Pipil

Etymology

Proto-Nahuan *ātla, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *paha. Cognate to Nahuatl atl.

Noun

at

1. water

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Scottish Gaelic

Verb

at (verbal noun at, also atadh)

1. swell, fester, puff up

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Selaru

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

at

1. (cardinal) four

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آت (at).

Noun

at m (Cyrillic spelling ат)

1. steed
2. Arabian (horse)

Declension

    declension of at

	singular	plural
nominative	at	ati / atovi / atlari
genitive	ata	ata / atova / atlara
dative	atu	atima / atovima / atlarima
accusative	ata	ate / atove / atlare
vocative	ate	ati / atovi / atlari
locative	atu	atima / atovima / atlarima
instrumental	atom	atima / atovima / atlarima

Derived terms

• atkinja
• atlija
• atmejdan
• atski

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Simeulue

Etymology

From Proto-Western Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

at

1. (cardinal) four

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA: /at/

Conjunction

at

1. And.

Synonyms

• saka

See also

• at saka
• t'saka

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Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English heart.

Noun

at

1. heart

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Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic at, from Proto-Turkic *at, *ăt (“horse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ät̪/

• Audio

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Noun

at (definite accusative atı, plural atlar)

1. (chess) knight
2. (zoology) horse

Declension

declension of at

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	at	atlar
definite accusative (belirtme)	atı	atları
dative (yönelme)	ata	atlara
locative (bulunma)	atta	atlarda
ablative (çıkma)	attan	atlardan
genitive (tamlayan)	atın	atların

possessive forms of at

nominative	singular	plural
benim (my)	atım	atlarım
senin (your)	atın	atların
onun (his/her/its)	atı	atları
bizim (our)	atımız	atlarımız
sizin (your)	atınız	atlarınız
onların (their)	atları	atları
accusative	singular	plural
benim (my)	atımı	atlarımı
senin (your)	atını	atlarını
onun (his/her/its)	atını	atlarını
bizim (our)	atımızı	atlarımızı
sizin (your)	atınızı	atlarınızı
onların (their)	atlarını	atlarını
dative	singular	plural
benim (my)	atıma	atlarıma
senin (your)	atına	atlarına
onun (his/her/its)	atına	atlarına
bizim (our)	atımıza	atlarımıza
sizin (your)	atınıza	atlarınıza
onların (their)	atlarına	atlarına
locative	singular	plural
benim (my)	atımda	atlarımda
senin (your)	atında	atlarında
onun (his/her/its)	atında	atlarında
bizim (our)	atımızda	atlarımızda
sizin (your)	atınızda	atlarınızda
onların (their)	atlarında	atlarında
ablative	singular	plural
benim (my)	atımdan	atlarımdan
senin (your)	atından	atlarından
onun (his/her/its)	atından	atlarından
bizim (our)	atımızdan	atlarımızdan
sizin (your)	atınızdan	atlarınızdan
onların (their)	atlarından	atlarından
genitive	singular	plural
benim (my)	atımın	atlarımın
senin (your)	atının	atlarının
onun (his/her/its)	atının	atlarının
bizim (our)	atımızın	atlarımızın
sizin (your)	atınızın	atlarınızın
onların (their)	atlarının	atlarının

predicative forms of at

simple present	singular	plural
ben (I am)	atım	atlarım*
sen (you are)	atsın	atlarsın*
o (he/she/it is)	at / attır	atlar* / atlardır*
biz (we are)	atız	atlarız
siz (you are)	atsınız	atlarsınız
onlar (they are)	atlar	atlardır
simple past	singular	plural
ben (I was)	attım	atlardım*
sen (you were)	attın	atlardın*
o (he/she/it was)	attı	atlardı*
biz (we were)	attık	atlardık
siz (you were)	attınız	atlardınız
onlar (they were)	attılar	atlardı
indirect / unwitnessed past	singular	plural
ben (I was)	atmışım	atlarmışım*
sen (you were)	atmışsın	atlarmışsın*
o (he/she/it was)	atmış	atlarmış*
biz (we were)	atmışız	atlarmışız
siz (you were)	atmışsınız	atlarmışsınız
onlar (they were)	atmışlar	atlarmış
*Not used, but perhaps rarely - chiefly grammatical formations. Note: Plural forms are not used with adjectives.

Verb

at

1. Second-person imperative of atmak.

Antonyms

• atma

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Turkmen

Etymology 1

From Old Turkic at, from Proto-Turkic *at, *ăt (“horse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /at/

Noun

at

1. horse

Etymology 2

From Old Turkic āt (“name”), from Proto-Turkic *āt.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /aːt/

Noun

at

1. name

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Volapük

Determiner

at

1. (demonstrative) this

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Welsh

Etymology

Preposition

at

1. to, towards
2. for
3. at
4. by

Usage notes

This preposition causes the soft mutation.

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West Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɔt/

Conjunction

at

1. if

Synonyms

• as