"at hand" meaning in English

See at hand in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-us-at hand.ogg [Mid-Atlantic]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} at hand, {{en-prep phrase}} at hand
  1. Within easy reach; nearby. Synonyms: handy, to hand, on hand, at one's fingertips, at one's fingers' ends Related terms: near at hand Translations (within easy reach; nearby): a mà (Catalan), 手頭 (Chinese Mandarin), 手头 (shǒutóu) (Chinese Mandarin), 身旁 (shēnpáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 身邊 (Chinese Mandarin), 身边 (shēnbiān) (Chinese Mandarin), 手邊 (Chinese Mandarin), 手边 (shǒubiān) (Chinese Mandarin), 手下 (shǒuxià) (Chinese Mandarin), po ruce (Czech), käsillä (Finnish), sous la main (French), à portée de main (French), á man (Galician), griffbereit (German), parat (German), kéznél van (Hungarian), a portata di mano (Italian), praes (Latin), propter (Latin), in promptu (Latin), tatanga (Maori), for hånden (Norwegian Bokmål), pod ręką (Polish), à mão (Portuguese), под руко́й (pod rukój) (Russian), при руци (pri ruci) (Serbo-Croatian), a mano (Spanish), till hands (Swedish), el altında (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-at_hand-en-prep_phrase-aWlyX6zO Disambiguation of 'within easy reach; nearby': 86 14 1
  2. Near; soon. Synonyms: approaching, imminent, impending Translations (near; soon; approaching; imminent): 即將發生的 (Chinese Mandarin), 即将发生的 (jíjiāng fāshēng de) (Chinese Mandarin), 即將到來的 (Chinese Mandarin), 即将到来的 (jíjiāng dàolái de) (Chinese Mandarin), 臨近的 (Chinese Mandarin), 临近的 (línjìn de) (Chinese Mandarin), käsillä (Finnish), proche (French), greifbar (German), せまっている (sematteiru) (Japanese), i antåg (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-at_hand-en-prep_phrase-ifwwsCRO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 56 21 Disambiguation of 'near; soon; approaching; imminent': 7 91 3
  3. (figurative) Currently receiving attention. Tags: figuratively Translations (currently receiving attention): 眼前的 (yǎnqián de) (Chinese Mandarin), käsillä (Finnish), concerné (French), en question (French), in discussione (Italian)
    Sense id: en-at_hand-en-prep_phrase-b8sqnTX0 Disambiguation of 'currently receiving attention': 4 6 90

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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "near; soon; approaching; imminent",
      "word": "即將到來的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jíjiāng dàolái de",
      "sense": "near; soon; approaching; imminent",
      "word": "即将到来的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "near; soon; approaching; imminent",
      "word": "臨近的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "línjìn de",
      "sense": "near; soon; approaching; imminent",
      "word": "临近的"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "near; soon; approaching; imminent",
      "word": "käsillä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "near; soon; approaching; imminent",
      "word": "proche"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "near; soon; approaching; imminent",
      "word": "greifbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sematteiru",
      "sense": "near; soon; approaching; imminent",
      "word": "せまっている"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "near; soon; approaching; imminent",
      "word": "i antåg"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǎnqián de",
      "sense": "currently receiving attention",
      "word": "眼前的"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "currently receiving attention",
      "word": "käsillä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "currently receiving attention",
      "word": "concerné"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "currently receiving attention",
      "word": "en question"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "currently receiving attention",
      "word": "in discussione"
    }
  ],
  "word": "at hand"
}

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