prep 1. showing time ○ We’ll meet at eleven o’clock. ○ You must put your lights on when you drive at night. ○ At the weekend, we went to see my mother. ○ We went to Paris at Easter. 2. showing place ○ Meet us at the post office. ○ She’s got a job at the supermarket. ○ He’s not at home, he’s at work. 3. showing speed ○ The train was travelling at 200 kilometres an hour. 4. showing direction ○ They threw rotten eggs at the speaker. (NOTE: at is often used after verbs, e.g. to look at, to point at.) 5. showing cause ○ She laughed at my old coat.
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prep. [AS. aet; akin to OHG. az, Goth., OS., & Icel. at, Sw. åt, 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: -
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.
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.
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.
4. The relation of a point or position in a series, or of degree, rate, or value; as with the thermometer at 80°; goods sold at a cheap price; a country estimated at 10,000 square miles; life is short at the longest.
5. The relations of time, age, or order; as at ten o’clock; at twenty-one; at once; at first.
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.
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. 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. Syn. — In, At. 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.
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.
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.
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.
4. The relation of a point or position in a series, or of degree, rate, or value; as with the thermometer at 80°; goods sold at a cheap price; a country estimated at 10,000 square miles; life is short at the longest.
5. The relations of time, age, or order; as at ten o’clock; at twenty-one; at once; at first.
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.
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. 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. Syn. — In, At. 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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