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- 1 Atom; atomic.
- 2 All. Scotland, not-comparable
- 1 All. Scotland, not-comparable
- 2 across
"Do you have the answer for 23a?"
- 3 Alternative spelling of a.m. (“ante meridiem”) or am US, alt-of, alternative
- 1 An unspecified example of (something); the indefinite article.
"There was a man here looking for you yesterday."
- 2 One; used before score, dozen, hundred, thousand, million, etc.
"I've seen it happen a hundred times."
- 3 Used in some phrases denoting quantity, such as a few, a good many, a couple, a little, a bit, etc.
"He's a bit thick, isn't he?"
- 4 Used in some phrases denoting quantity, such as a few, a good many, a couple, a little, a bit, etc.; Used before a numeral.
"There are a few hundred orders that need to be fulfilled by tomorrow."
- 5 Used in some adverbial phrases denoting the degree or extent of an action, such as a little, a bit, a lot, etc.
"The door was opened a little."
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- 6 The same; one and the same. Used in phrases such as of a kind, birds of a feather, etc.
"We are of a mind on matters of morals."
- 7 Any; every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope.
"A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties."
- 8 Any; used with a negative to indicate not a single one.
"It was so dark that we couldn't see a thing."
- 9 Used before an adjective that modifies a noun (singular or plural) delimited by a numeral.
"The lottery jackpot is worth a staggering three hundred million dollars."
- 10 One; someone named; used before a person's name, suggesting that the speaker knows little about the person other than the name.
"We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London."
- 11 Used before an adjective modifying a person's name, typically used to emphasize that person's current condition or emotional state.
"At Waterloo she asked George for £5 and said that she would go home by tube, and a relieved George watched her descend the Underground steps."
- 12 Someone or something like; similar to; used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
"The center of the village was becoming a Times Square."
- 1 The first letter of the English alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script. letter, uppercase
"Apple starts with A."
- 2 The first letter of the English alphabet, written in the Latin script. letter, lowercase
"This expression is zero, for we have replaced the column of a''''s by the column of bs and hence the determinant has two columns identical."
- 1 Contraction of and. abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, dialectal, obsolete, rare
"By cock a pie and Mous-foot Dent bring's in, / Examples to express forbidden Sin:"
- 1 Used to express a future action; going to. contraction
"I'm a go see what's going on out there."
- 1 ah; er (sound of hesitation)
""We will resume yesterday's discourse, young ladies," said he, "and you shall each read a page by turns; so that Miss a—Miss Short may have an opportunity of hearing you"; and the poor girls began to spell a long dismal sermon delivered at Bethesda Chapel, Liverpool, on behalf of the mission for the Chickasaw Indians."
- 1 Ace. (including in card games)
- 2 The name of the Latin script letter A/a.
"This piece somewhat resembles an a. On the left is a man seated on the ground, with a dog between his legs, and a large bird of prey in his hands, which appears to be biting his head."
- 3 The name of the Cyrillic script letter А/а.
- 4 The fourth semiquaver (sixteenth note) of a beat. informal
"The pianist played a C on the a of four."
- 5 the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen wordnet
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- 6 Acre.
- 7 the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet wordnet
- 8 Adult; as used in film rating.
- 9 the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites wordnet
- 10 Ammeter.
- 11 a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation wordnet
- 12 Angstrom.
- 13 (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA wordnet
- 14 Answer.
- 15 nucleotide derived from adenine with a deoxyribose sugar and a phosphate group wordnet
- 16 An assist.
- 17 any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes wordnet
- 18 Asexual.
- 19 Arsehole. London, UK
- 20 Atom.
"A-bomb"
- 1 The first numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script. uppercase
"Item A is "foods", item B is "drinks"."
- 2 The first numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called ay and written in the Latin script. lowercase
- 1 Pronunciation spelling of to. alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
"James was going with his mother to attend the ceremonies at which his oldest sister in the convent would make perpetual vows. Being asked where he was going, he answered, “I’m goin’ a see my sister make percapital vowels.”"
- 2 Alternative form of -a (“empty syllable added to songs, poetry, verse and other speech”). alt-of, alternative
"“I show a you right a here I can fuck a you.” “Is she crazy?” I asked Wyman."
- 1 To do with separation; In, into.
"torn a pieces"
- 2 Of. archaic, slang
"The name of John a Gaunt."
- 3 To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by. Often occurs between two nouns, where the first noun occurs at the end of a verbal phrase.
"I brush my teeth twice a day."
- 4 To do with status; In.
"To set the people a worke."
- 5 To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto. archaic
"stand a tiptoe"
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- 6 To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing. archaic
"The times, they are a-changin'."
- 7 To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in. archaic
"It was a doing."
- 8 To do with an action/movement; To, into. archaic
- 9 To do with method; In, with. obsolete
"Stands here a purpose."
- 10 To do with role or capacity; In. obsolete
"a God’s name"
- 1 He, she, they: the third-person singular or plural nominative.
"He've a got a great venture on hand, but what a [it] be he tell'th no man."
- 2 He, she, they: the third-person singular or plural nominative.; He, the third-person singular nominative.
"a’ brushes his hat o’ mornings."
- 3 He, she, they: the third-person singular or plural nominative.; She, the third-person singular nominative.
"A wanted me to go with her."
- 1 A rank, normally the highest rank, on any of various scales that assign letters.
"We assign each item inspected a rating from A through G, depending on various factors."
- 2 Distance from leading edge to aerodynamic center.
- 3 The highest letter grade assigned (disregarding plusses and minuses).
"I was so happy to get an A on that test."
- 4 specific absorption coefficient
- 5 A tone three fifths above C in the cycle of fifths; the sixth tone of the C major scale; the first note of the minor scale of A minor; the reference tone that occurs at exactly 440 Hz; the printed or written note A; the scale with A as its keynote.
"Orchestras traditionally tune to a concert A."
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- 6 specific rotation
- 7 A blood type that has a specific antigen that aggravates the immune response in people with type B antigen in their blood. People with this blood type may receive blood from type A or type O but cannot receive blood from AB or B.
"My blood type is A negative."
- 8 allele (recessive)
- 9 Mass number.
- 10 A universal affirmative suggestion.
- 11 Abbreviation of adulterer or adulteress, used as a human brand. abbreviation, alt-of, historical
"Hester Prynne, the historical character in The Scarlet Letter, was exposed and convicted by neighborhood gossip. [...] Gossip continues to brand some young ladies in small towns with this symbolic letter, but in our larger cities one rarely sees young ladies branded with an "A"."
- 12 Allele dominant.
- 13 Alternative spelling of A.M. and AM (“ante meridiem”). US, alt-of, alternative
- 1 Have (auxiliary verb). dialectal, slang
"I'd a come, if you'd a asked."
- 2 had (auxiliary verb). dialectal, rare, slang
"I wisht you a seen 'im; fust he looked mighty gubious; then he begins ter laff. He'll git likened ter ridin' mighty briefly.""
Etymology
From Middle English and Old English upper case letter A and split of Middle English and Old English upper case letter Æ. * The Old English letters A and Æ replaced the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letters ᚪ (a, “āc”) and ᚫ (æ, “æsc”), derived from the Runic letter ᚫ (a, “Ansuz”), in the 7th century.
From Middle English and Old English upper case letter A and split of Middle English and Old English upper case letter Æ. * The Old English letters A and Æ replaced the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letters ᚪ (a, “āc”) and ᚫ (æ, “æsc”), derived from the Runic letter ᚫ (a, “Ansuz”), in the 7th century.
* (highest rank, grade, music): From the initial position of the letter A in the English alphabet. * (blood type): From A antigen
* (highest rank, grade, music): From the initial position of the letter A in the English alphabet. * (blood type): From A antigen
* (highest rank, grade, music): From the initial position of the letter A in the English alphabet. * (blood type): From A antigen
The letter name is from Middle English ā, from Old French, ultimately from Latin ā. Use of the Latin letter in (Old) English displaced the futhorc letter ᚪ (a) beginning in the 7th century, and partially also ᚫ (æ).
The letter name is from Middle English ā, from Old French, ultimately from Latin ā. Use of the Latin letter in (Old) English displaced the futhorc letter ᚪ (a) beginning in the 7th century, and partially also ᚫ (æ).
The letter name is from Middle English ā, from Old French, ultimately from Latin ā. Use of the Latin letter in (Old) English displaced the futhorc letter ᚪ (a) beginning in the 7th century, and partially also ᚫ (æ).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-West Germanic *ain Old English ān Middle English an Middle English a English a From Middle English a, an, from Old English ān (“one; a; lone; sole”). More at one. The "n" was gradually lost before consonants in almost all dialects by the 15th century. Cognate with Alemannic German a (“a, an”), East Franconian a (“a, an”).
* From Middle English a, o, from Old English a-, an, on. * Unstressed form of on.
From Middle English a, ha contraction of have, or haven.
From Middle English a, a reduced form of he (“he”)/ha (“he”), heo (“she”)/ha (“she”), ha (“it”), and hie, hie (“they”).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Germanic *ab Proto-West Germanic *ab Old English æf Old English of Middle English of English a From Middle English of, with apocope of the final f and vowel reduction.
From Northern Middle English aw, alteration of all.
From Northern Middle English aw, alteration of all.
Contraction of gonna, itself a reduction of going to; see Etymology 8 above (“to”).
Contraction of and.
Borrowed from Russian а (a).
From the common method of counting semiquavers as "one-e-and-a, two-e-and-a" and so on.
See also for "a"
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