| at |
| 1. prep. In, near, or in the general vicinity of a particular place. | |
| Caesar was at Rome; at the corner of Fourth Street and Vine; at Jim’s house | |
| 2. prep. (indicating time) (Indicating occurrence in an instant of time or a period of time relatively short in context or from the speaker's perspective.) | |
| at six o’clock; at closing time; at night. | |
| 3. prep. In the direction of (often in an unfocused or uncaring manner). | |
| He threw the ball at me. He shouted at her. | |
| 4. prep. Denotes a price. | |
| 3 apples at 2¢ (each) The offer was at $30,000 before negotiations. | |
| 5. prep. Occupied in (activity). | |
| men at work | |
| 6. prep. In a state of. | |
| She is at sixes and sevens with him. They are at loggerheads over how best to tackle the fiscal cliff. The city was at the mercy of the occupying forces. | |
| 7. prep. Indicates a position on a scale or in a series. | |
| Sell at 90. Tiger finished the round at tenth, seven strokes behind the leaders. I'm offering it—just to select customers—at cost. | |
| 8. prep. Because of. | |
| to laugh at a joke mad at their comments | |
| 9. prep. Indicates a means, method, or manner. | |
| 10. prep. Holding a given speed or rate. | |
| It is growing at the rate of 3% a year. Cruising along at fifty miles per hour. | |
| 11. prep. (used for skills (including in activities) or areas of knowledge) On the subject of; regarding. | |
| The twins were both bad at chemistry. | |
| He slipped at marksmanship over his extended vacation. | |
| 12. prep. (Ireland, stressed pronunciation) Bothering, irritating, causing discomfort to | |
| 13. n. The at sign (@). | |
| 14. n. (alt form, att) (Laos currency unit) | |
| the |
| 1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already | |
| I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.) | |
| The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.) | |
| The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird. | |
| 2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause. | |
| The street that runs through my hometown. | |
| 3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time. | |
| No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe. | |
| God save the Queen! | |
| 4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item. | |
| That was the best apple pie ever. | |
| 5. art. Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive. | |
| That apple pie was the best. | |
| 6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class. | |
| 7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective. | |
| Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable. | |
| 8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar. | |
| No one in the whole country had seen it before. | |
| I don't think I'll get to it until the morning. | |
| 9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun. | |
| A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”) | |
| 10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention. | |
| That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery. | |
| 11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives. | |
| The hotter the better. | |
| The more I think about it, the weaker it looks. | |
| The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children. | |
| It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it. | |
| 12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone. | |
| It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it. | |
| It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it. | |
| I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that. | |
| wald |
| 1. v. (UK dialectal, ambitransitive) To govern; inherit. | |
| 2. n. (UK dialectal) Power; strength. | |
| 3. n. (UK dialectal) Command; control; possession. | |
| 4. n. Forest; woods. | |
| rand |
| 1. n. (obsolete except in dialects) the border of an area of land, especially marsh-land | |
| 2. n. (obsolete except in dialects) a strip of meat; a long fleshy piece of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak. | |
| 3. n. (regional) A border, edge or rim. | |
| At the wald's rand. | |
| 4. n. a strip of leather used to fit the heels of a shoe | |
| 5. n. (basket-making) a single rod woven in and out of the stakes | |
| 6. n. a rocky slope, especially the area over a river valley; specifically, the Rand | |
| 7. n. The currency of South Africa, divided into 100 cents. | |
| 8. v. (obsolete) To rant; to storm. | |
