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NGSL Rank: 6
a
ə
Meanings
determiner
- used when referring to someone or something for the first time in a text or conversation.E.g. a man came out of the room
- used to indicate membership of a class of people or things.E.g. he is a lawyer
- in, to, or for each; per (used when expressing rates or ratios).E.g. typing 60 words a minute
abbreviation
- (in travel timetables) arrives.E.g. Penzance a 0915
- (in units of measurement) atto- (10−18).
- (with reference to sporting fixtures) away.E.g. March 15 Sheffield United (a)
- (used before a date) before.E.g. a1200
symbol
- acceleration.
a-
ə
Meanings
prefix
- not; without.E.g. atheistic
-a
ə
Meanings
suffix
- forming ancient or Latinized modern names of animals and plants.E.g. primula
- forming names of oxides.E.g. baryta
- forming geographical names.E.g. Africa
- forming ancient or Latinized modern feminine forenames.E.g. Lydia
- forming nouns from Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.E.g. duenna
a-
ə
Meanings
prefix
- to; towards.E.g. aside
-a
ə
Meanings
suffix
- forming plural nouns from Greek or Latin neuter plurals corresponding to a singular in -um or -on (such as addenda, phenomena ).
- forming plural nouns in names (often from modern Latin) of zoological groups.E.g. Insectivora
a-
ə
Meanings
prefix
- variant spelling of ad- assimilated before sc, sp, and st (as in ascend, aspire, and astringent ).
-a
ə
Meanings
suffix
- of.E.g. coupla
- have.E.g. mighta
- to.E.g. oughta
a-
ə
Meanings
prefix
- of.E.g. anew
- utterly.E.g. abash
A
eɪ
Meanings
noun
- the first letter of the alphabet.
- a shape like that of a capital A.E.g. an A-shape
- the sixth note of the diatonic scale of C major. The A above middle C is usually used as the basis for tuning and in modern music has a standard frequency of 440 Hz.
A
eɪ
Meanings
abbreviation
- (in card games) ace.E.g. you cash ♥AK
- against (heading the column in a table of sports results which shows the goals or points scored against each club).
- A level.
- ampere(s).
- ångstrom(s).
- attack (in designations of US aircraft types).E.g. an A-10
- answer.E.g. Q: What is a hung parliament? A: One in which no single party has an overall majority
- (in names of sports clubs) Athletic.E.g. Dunfermline A
- Austria (international vehicle registration).
ampere
ˈampɛː
Meanings
noun
- the SI base unit of electrical current.
angstrom
ˈaŋstrəm
Meanings
noun
- a unit of length equal to one hundred-millionth of a centimetre, 10−10 metre, used mainly to express wavelengths and interatomic distances.
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