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A — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • A character The first letter of the English alphabet.
  • ah intj An exclamation showing relief, understanding, surprise, or realization, depending on tone.
  • and conj Used to join two words, phrases, or ideas that go together.
  • versus prep Against, or in opposition to, especially in a contest, match, or legal case.
  • whereas conj In contrast to the fact that; while on the other hand.

Senses

A is used for these senses in English:

  • A Ace. (including in card games)
  • a The name of the Latin script letter A / a.
  • a The name of the Cyrillic script letter А / а.
  • ah An expression of relief, relaxation, comfort, confusion, understanding, wonder, awe, etc. according to uttered inflection.
  • and Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (now dated); connecting shillings to pence in a monetary quantity (now historical); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often omitted in US); to connect fractions to wholes. [from 10th c.]
  • versus Compared with, as opposed to.
  • what about Used to ask someone to consider something or someone that they have apparently not considered.
  • what about Used to repeat a question but referring to a different subject or object.

A — full definition

  1. character The first letter of the English alphabet.
  2. article Used before a singular noun to mean "one" or "some", without pointing to a specific example.
  3. prep Per, each — used in expressions of rate or frequency.

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