"@" meaning in English

See @ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

IPA: /æt/ [stressed], /ət/ [unstressed], /itʃæt/ [Northern-US, rare] Audio: en-us-at.ogg [US]
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-answz4fk Disambiguation of 'at a rate of': 100 0
  2. (informal) at (any sense) Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-@-en-prep-HDV9Io7Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88

Symbol

IPA: /æt/ [stressed], /ət/ [unstressed], /itʃæt/ [Northern-US, rare] Audio: en-us-at.ogg [US]
enPR: ăt Rhymes: -æt 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-OVTxWBTr Categories (other): English symbols 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 prepositions, English symbols Disambiguation of English prepositions: 18 12 17 34 19 Disambiguation of English symbols: 7 4 26 32 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: x

Verb

IPA: /æt/ [stressed], /ət/ [unstressed], /itʃæt/ [Northern-US, rare] Audio: en-us-at.ogg [US] 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) To reply to or talk 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 Synonyms: at Related terms: at sign, @ party
    Sense id: en-@-en-verb-aMd6VvWO Categories (other): English symbols Disambiguation of English symbols: 7 4 26 32 31

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for @ meaning in English (5.2kB)

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