A
Definitions
- A rank, normally the highest rank, on any of various scales that assign letters.
- The letter a with a tilde, replacing the sequence an or am.
- Ace. (including in card games)
- A dictionary transcription for the BATH vowel
- An orthographic ⟨a⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the THOUGHT vowel, as in the word "call".
- A dictionary transcription for the TRAP vowel
- Used to express a future action; going to.
- Distance from leading edge to aerodynamic center.
- A dictionary transcription for the PALM vowel
- The name of the Cyrillic script letter А/а.
- The fourth semiquaver (sixteenth note) of a beat.
- The first letter of the English alphabet, written in the Latin script.
- An element of the digraph âr, a dictionary transcription for the SQUARE vowel
- A dictionary transcription for the FACE vowel.
- The name of the Latin script letter A/a.
- The first letter of the English alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.
- ten
- The highest letter grade assigned (disregarding plusses and minuses).
- Acre.
- specific absorption coefficient
- Completely; thoroughly.
- A (highest grade in testing)
- A tone three fifths above C in the cycle of fifths; the sixth tone of the C major scale; the first note of the minor scale of A minor; the reference tone that occurs at exactly 440 Hz; the printed or written note A; the scale with A as its keynote.
- Adult; as used in film rating.
- specific rotation
- In every; to each; per: once a month; one dollar a pound.
- A blood type that has a specific antigen that aggravates the immune response in people with type B antigen in their blood. People with this blood type may receive blood from type A or type O but cannot receive blood from AB or B.
- Ammeter.
- allele (recessive)
- Have: He'd a come if he could.
- Mass number.
- from A to Z, from beginning to end; completely; thoroughly: He knows the Bible from A to Z.
- A universal affirmative suggestion.
- Answer.
- for or in each; for or in every; per: ten cents a ride; three times a day.
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Abbreviation of adulterer or adulteress, used as a human brand. abbreviation, alt-of, historical
- An assist.
- Pron. Spelling. of (often written as part of a single word, without a hyphen): the time a day; kinda; sorta.
- Allele dominant.
- Asexual.
- Pron. Spelling. have (often written as part of a single, unhyphenated word): We shoulda gone.
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Alternative spelling of A.M. and AM (“ante meridiem”). US, alt-of, alternative
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Arsehole. London, UK
- angstrom.
- Atom.
- are (unit of measurement).
- atomic (used in combination): A-bomb; A-plant.
Equivalents
Examples
“Apple starts with A.”
“Boxer could not get⟳ beyond the letter D. He would trace out A, B, C, D, in the dust with his great hoof […]”
“We assign each item inspected a rating from A through G, depending on various factors.”
“In the UK, the highest social grade is A – upper middle class.”
“The only standard brassiere cup size smaller than the A cup is the AA cup.”
“I was so happy to get⟳ an A on that test⟳.”
“Darcy's pretty sharp. She pulls A's.”
“Orchestras traditionally tune⟳ to a concert A.”
“My blood type⟳ is A negative.”
“Hester Prynne, the historical character in The Scarlet Letter, was exposed and convicted by neighborhood gossip. [...] Gossip continues to brand some young ladies in small towns with this symbolic letter, but in our larger cities one rarely sees young ladies branded with an "A".”
“A-bomb”
“This expression is zero, for we have⟳ replaced the column of a''''s by the column of bs and hence the determinant has two columns identical.”
“Passmore. Capital P-a-double s-m-o-r-e.”
“Note⟳ that with 18-point⟳ type⟳, fifteen capital A's, twenty-five lowercase a's, and twelve 1's are obtained with one font. With this information, it is possible to refer⟳ to Table 10-1 which gives the number⟳ of characters for each letter, punctuation mark⟳, or figure⟳.”
“Across every sheet of paper were lines and lines of letters of the alphabet. A row of a's followed by a row of b's and so on, pages of them, like⟳ pages from a copy⟳ book, crudely formed as if from the hand of a young child.”
“In the seventh grade I admired a charismatic, witty girl who had a particular way of writing her lowercase a's. After some practice, I took to writing my lowercase a's in the same fashion.”
“This piece somewhat resembles an a. On the left is a man seated on the ground, with a dog between his legs, and a large bird of prey in his hands, which appears to be biting his head.”
“But with some prelude of disparagement, / Read⟳, mouthing out his hollow oes and aes, / Deep-chested music, and to this result⟳.”
“Letters should be spelled as follows; aes, bees, cees, dees, ees, efs, gees, aitches, ies, jays, kays, els, ems, ens, oes, pees, ques, ars, esses, tees, ues, vees, ws or dubleyuz, exes, wyes, zees.”
“St Lynas was chatting with a group of rebellious young college students one day, who decried the moral standards of the past. ¶ So St Lynas drew an 'a' on some paper, and asked them what it was. ¶ 'A' they said.”
“Compare⟳ Lydia's signature on some of the work⟳ orders with the warning notes. The loop through the lowercase a is similar. See⟳ what I mean⟳?”
“I'm a go see⟳ what's going on out there.”
“"Sure, Billy, I'm a run⟳ downstairs to the machine and get⟳ me a pack⟳ of bigarettes," he said, taking off with his Melody.”
“Ain't nothin' in the house to eat⟳ and now that we has Mr. Alex staying with us a few days I'm a need⟳ to buy⟳ some groceries so yous two can have⟳ the house to yo'self 'til I get⟳ back.”
“I'm a head out there now and take⟳ a look⟳.”
“"The Glock 26 and the motherfucking, uh, the Hi-Point. I'm a try⟳ to get⟳ the both of them," another said.”
“The pianist played a C on the a of four.”
“commãd — command”
“hãmer — hammer⟳”
CEFR level
A1
Beginner
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.
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