The Meaning of at

• (prep.) 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.
• (prep.) 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.
• (prep.) 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.
• (prep.) The relation of some employment or action; occupied with; as, at engraving; at husbandry; at play; at work; at meat (eating); except at puns.
• (prep.) 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.
• (prep.) The relations of time, age, or order; as, at ten o'clock; at twenty-one; at once; at first.
• (prep.) 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.
• (prep.) 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.

Synonyms

astatine , At , atomic number 85

Rhymes

acrobat , aerostat , aristocrat , arnatt , at-bat , autocrat , balyeat , bat , batt , batte , begat , bhatt , biernat , blatt , bobcat , brat , bratt , brickbat , bundesrat , bureaucrat , butterfat , carlstadt , cat , catt , caveat , chat , chitchat , combat , copycat , darmstadt , dat , delatte , democrat , deslatte , diplomat , doormat , fat , flat , flatt , format , gat , gatt , glatt , gnat , gujarat , habitat , hat , hatt , hnat , inmarsat , jagt , kat , katt , kratt , labatt , landsat , latke , laundromat , mat , matt , matte , mcnatt , muskrat , nat , nonfat , pat , patt , platt , platte , plutocrat , polecat , prevatt , prevatte , pussycat , rat , rat-a-tat , ratte , sadat , sarratt , sat , scat , scatt , schadt , shatt , slaght , slat , spat , splat , sprat , stat , tat , technocrat , that , thermostat , tit-for-tat , tomcat , tvsat , vat , wildcat , wombat , ziggurat