At

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  At \At\, prep. [AS. [ae]t; akin to OHG. az, Goth., OS., & Icel.
     at, Sw. [*a]t, Dan. & L. ad.]
     Primarily, this word expresses the relations of presence,
     nearness in place or time, or direction toward; as, at the
     ninth hour; at the house; to aim at a mark. It is less
     definite than in or on; at the house may be in or near the


     house. From this original import are derived all the various
     uses of at. It expresses: 
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     1. A relation of proximity to, or of presence in or on,
        something; as, at the door; at your shop; at home; at
        school; at hand; at sea and on land.
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     2. The relation of some state or condition; as, at war; at
        peace; at ease; at your service; at fault; at liberty; at
        risk; at disadvantage.
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     3. The relation of some employment or action; occupied with;
        as, at engraving; at husbandry; at play; at work; at meat
        (eating); except at puns.
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     4. The relation of a point or position in a series, or of
        degree, rate, or value; as, with the thermometer at
        80[deg]; goods sold at a cheap price; a country estimated
        at 10,000 square miles; life is short at the longest.
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     5. The relations of time, age, or order; as, at ten o'clock;
        at twenty-one; at once; at first.
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     6. The relations of source, occasion, reason, consequence, or
        effect; as, at the sight; at this news; merry at anything;
        at this declaration; at his command; to demand, require,
        receive, deserve, endure at your hands.
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     7. Relation of direction toward an object or end; as, look at
        it; to point at one; to aim at a mark; to throw, strike,
        shoot, wink, mock, laugh at any one.
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     {At all}, {At home}, {At large}, {At last}, {At length}, {At
     once}, etc. See under {All}, {Home}, {Large}, {Last} (phrase
        and syn.), {Length}, {Once}, etc.
  
     {At it}, busily or actively engaged.
  
     {At least}. See {Least} and {However}.
  
     {At one}. See {At one}, in the Vocabulary.
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     Syn: {In}, {At}.
  
     Usage: When reference to the interior of any place is made
            prominent in is used. It is used before the names of
            countries and cities (esp. large cities); as, we live
            in America, in New York, in the South. At is commonly
            employed before names of houses, institutions,
            villages, and small places; as, Milton was educated at
            Christ's College; money taken in at the Customhouse; I
            saw him at the jeweler's; we live at Beachville. At
            may be used before the name of a city when it is
            regarded as a mere point of locality. "An English king
            was crowned at Paris." --Macaulay. "Jean Jacques
            Rousseau was born at Geneva, June, 28, 1712." --J.
            Morley. In regard to time, we say at the hour, on the
            day, in the year; as, at 9 o'clock, on the morning of
            July 5th, in the year 1775.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  At
       n 1: a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the
            halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium
            [syn: {astatine}, {atomic number 85}]
       2: 100 at equal 1 kip

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  AT
       Advanced Technology (IBM, PC)
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  at
       
          1.  {commercial at}.
       
          2.  The {country code} for Austria.
       
          (1999-01-27)
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  AT
       
          {IBM PC AT}