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{
"term": "at",
"partOfSpeech": "preposition",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "used to say where something/somebody is or where something happens",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "at the corner of the street"
},
{
"text": "We changed at Crewe."
},
{
"text": "They arrived late at the airport."
},
{
"text": "At the roundabout take the third exit."
},
{
"text": "I'll be at home all morning."
},
{
"text": "She's at Tom's *(= at Tom's house)*."
},
{
"text": "I met her at the hospital."
},
{
"text": "How many people were there at the concert?"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "used to say where somebody works or studies",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He's been at the bank longer than anyone else."
},
{
"text": "She's at Yale *(= Yale University)*."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "used to say when something happens",
"labels": "(British English)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "We left at 2 o'clock."
},
{
"text": "at the end of the week"
},
{
"text": "We woke at dawn."
},
{
"text": "I didn't know at the time of writing *(= when I wrote)*."
},
{
"text": "At night you can see the stars."
},
{
"text": "What are you doing at the weekend?"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "used to state the age at which somebody does something",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She got married at 25."
},
{
"text": "He left school at the age of 16."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "in the direction of or towards somebody/something",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "What are you looking at?"
},
{
"text": "He pointed the gun at the target."
},
{
"text": "Somebody threw paint at the prime minister."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "used after a verb to show that somebody tries to do something, or partly does something, but does not succeed or complete it",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He clutched wildly at the rope as he fell."
},
{
"text": "She nibbled at a sandwich *(= ate only small bits of it)*."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "used with adjectives to show how well somebody does something",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'm **good at** French."
},
{
"text": "She's hopeless at managing people."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 8,
"definition": "used to show a rate, speed, etc.",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was driving at 70 mph."
},
{
"text": "The noise came at two-minute intervals *(= once every two minutes)*."
},
{
"text": "Prices start at $1 000."
},
{
"text": "The book retails at £19.95."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 9,
"definition": "used to state the distance away from something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I held it at arm's length."
},
{
"text": "Can you read a car number plate at fifty metres?"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 10,
"definition": "used to show the situation somebody/something is in, what somebody is doing or what is happening",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The country is now at war."
},
{
"text": "I felt at a disadvantage."
},
{
"text": "I think Mr Harris is at lunch."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 11,
"definition": "used to say that somebody/something is as good, bad, etc. as they can be",
"sensetop": "at somebody’s/something’s best/worst, etc.",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "This was Osaka at her best."
},
{
"text": "The garden's at its most beautiful in June."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 12,
"definition": "used with adjectives to show the cause of something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "They were impatient at the delay."
},
{
"text": "She was delighted at the result."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 13,
"definition": "in response to something",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They attended the dinner at the chairman's invitation."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 14,
"definition": "used when giving a phone number",
"labels": "(North American English)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "You can reach me at 637-2335, extension 354."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 15,
"definition": "the symbol (@) used in email addresses",
"labels": "(computing)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Phones, email and the internet"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used when you are giving an extra piece of information",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He managed to buy a car after all—and a nice one at that."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be doing something, especially something bad",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Look at all that graffiti—those kids have been at it again."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a place or an activity that is very popular or fashionable",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Judging by the crowds waiting to get in, this seems to be where it's at."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ət//æt/",
"audio": "at/at/at__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/æt/",
"audio": "at/at/at__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ət//æt/",
"audio": "at/at/at__us_3_rr.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/æt/",
"audio": "at/at/at__us_2_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English æt, of Germanic origin; related to Old Frisian et and Old Norse at, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin ad ‘to’."
}