"@" meaning in English

See @ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

IPA: /æt/, /ət/, /ˈitʃæt/ [Northern-US, rare] Audio: en-us-at.ogg
enPR: ăt Rhymes: -æt Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} @, {{en-prep}} @
  1. At a rate of (so much each). Translations (at a rate of): à (Danish), à (Dutch), à (German), à (Norwegian), à (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-@-en-prep-rnw2EdYG Categories (other): English prepositions Disambiguation of English prepositions: 37 25 37 Disambiguation of 'at a rate of': 100 0
  2. (informal) At (any sense). Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-@-en-prep-ZeLrAqaN Categories (other): English prepositions Disambiguation of English prepositions: 37 25 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Symbol

IPA: /æt/, /ət/, /ˈitʃæt/ [Northern-US, rare] Audio: en-us-at.ogg
enPR: ăt Rhymes: -æt Etymology: Due to the fact that The at-sign (@) resembles both the feminine ending/element a and the masculine o. Etymology templates: {{-a-o-@|en}} The at-sign (@) resembles both the feminine ending/element a and the masculine o. Head templates: {{head|en|symbol|head=}} @, {{en-symbol}} @
  1. Forming gender-neutral versions of Spanish-derived words by replacing both the masculine -o and feminine -a.
    Sense id: en-@-en-symbol-en:gender Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English symbols Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 16 37 27 18 Disambiguation of English symbols: 7 4 26 32 31
  2. By extension, sometimes used to blend other pairs of words that differ by being spelled with o vs a.
    Sense id: en-@-en-symbol-avLjpr46 Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English symbols Disambiguation of English symbols: 7 4 26 32 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: x
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /æt/, /ət/, /ˈitʃæt/ [Northern-US, rare] Audio: en-us-at.ogg Forms: @s [present, singular, third-person], @ing [participle, present], @ed [participle, past], @ed [past]
enPR: ăt Rhymes: -æt Head templates: {{en-verb}} @ (third-person singular simple present @s, present participle @ing, simple past and past participle @ed)
  1. (Internet slang, transitive) To reply to or speak to someone, either online or face to face. (from the practice of targeting a message or reply to someone online by writing @name) Tags: Internet, transitive Synonyms: at Related terms: at sign, @ party
    Sense id: en-@-en-verb-eKgttJ-F Categories (other): English prepositions, English symbols, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English prepositions: 37 25 37 Disambiguation of English symbols: 7 4 26 32 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 35 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 9 32 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 4 36 59 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 37 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 17 33 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 15 35 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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        "English terms with collocations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Kosov@; Pin@y",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "By extension, sometimes used to blend other pairs of words that differ by being spelled with o vs a."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "ăt"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/æt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-at.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/12/En-us-at.ogg/En-us-at.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/En-us-at.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ət/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈitʃæt/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern-US",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æt"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "at"
    }
  ],
  "word": "@"
}

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