A, a: Meaning and Definition of

A

1. the first letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
2. any spoken sound represented by the letter A or a, as in bake, hat, father, or small.
3. something having the shape of an
4. a written or printed representation of the letter A or a.
5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter A or a.
6. from beginning to end; thoroughly; completely: He knows the Bible from A to Z.
7. to know nothing; be ignorant.

a

1. not any particular or certain one of a class or group: a man; a chemical; a house.
2. a certain; a particular: one at a time; two of a kind; A Miss Johnson called.
3. another; one typically resembling: a Cicero in eloquence; a Jonah.
4. one (used before plural nouns that are preceded by a quantifier singular in form):(compare hundreds of men); a dozen times (compare dozens of times). a hundred men
5. indefinitely or nonspecifically (used with adjectives expressing number): a great many years; a few stars.
6. one (used before a noun expressing quantity): a yard of ribbon; a score of times.
7. any; a single: not a one.

a

1. each; every; per: ten cents a sheet; three times a day.

a

1. a reduced, unstressed form of(often written as part of a single, unhyphenated word): cloth a gold; time a day; kinda; sorta.

a

1. a reduced, unstressed form of auxiliaryfollowing some modals, as might, should, could, would, and must (usually written as part of a single, unhyphenated word):Cf. of. We shoulda gone.

a

2. he.
3. she.
4. it.
5. they.
6. I.

a'

1. all: for a' that.

A

1. ampere; amperes.
2. angstrom.
3. answer.
4. arterial (used with a road number to designate a major highway): Take the A525 to Ruthin.

A

1. the first in order or in a series.
2. (sometimes l.c.) (in some grading systems) a grade or mark, as in school or college, indicating the quality of a student's work as excellent or superior.
3. (sometimes l.c.) (in some school systems) a symbol designating the first semester of a school year.
1. the sixth tone in the scale of C major or the first tone in the relative minor scale, A minor.
2. a string, key, or pipe tuned to this tone.
3. a written or printed note representing this tone.
4. (in the fixed system of solmization) the sixth tone of the scale of C major, called la.
5. the tonality having A as the tonic note.
5. a major blood group, usually enabling a person whose blood is of this type to donate blood to persons of group A or AB and to receive blood from persons of O or A. Cf. ABO system.
6. (sometimes l.c.) the medieval Roman numeral for 50 or 500. Cf. Roman numerals.
7. (formerly) argon.
8. See
1. adenine.
2. alanine.
10. See
11. a designation for a motion picture recommended as suitable for adults. Cf. AA (def. 5),(def. 5),(def. 9).
12. a proportional shoe width size, narrower than B and wider than AA.
13. a proportional brassiere cup size, smaller than B and larger than AA.
14. a quality rating for a corporate or municipal bond, lower than AA and higher than BBB.

a

1. are; ares.

a

1. See

Å

1. angstrom.

A-

1. atomic (used in combination): A-bomb; A-plant.

a-

1. a reduced form of the Old English preposition on, meaning “on,” “in,” “into,” “to,” “toward,” preserved before a noun in a prepositional phrase, forming a predicate adjective or an adverbial element (afoot; abed; ashore; aside; away), or before an adjective (afar; aloud; alow), as a moribund prefix with a verb (acknowledge), and in archaic and dialectal use before a present participle in -ing (set the bells aringing); and added to a verb stem with the force of a present participle (ablaze; agape; aglow; astride; and originally, awry).

a-

1. a reduced form of the Old English preposition of: akin; afresh; anew.

a-

1. an old point-action prefix, not referring to an act as a whole, but only to the beginning or end:(rose up). They abided by their beliefs (remained faithful to the end). She arose

a-

1. var. ofbefore p and v: aperient; avert.

a-

1. var. ofused: (1) before sc, sp, st (ascend) and (2) in words of French derivation (often with the sense of increase, addition): amass.

a-

1. var. of before a consonant, meaning “not,” “without”: amoral; atonal; achromatic.

-a

1. a plural ending of nouns borrowed from Greek and Latin: phenomena; criteria; data; errata; genera.

-a

1. a feminine singular ending of nouns borrowed from Latin and Greek, also used in Neo-Latin coinages to Latinize bases of any origin, and as a Latin substitute for the feminine ending -ē of Greek words: anabaena; cinchona; pachysandra.

-a

1. an ending of personal names forming feminines from masculines: Georgia; Roberta.

-a

1. a suffix designating the oxide of the chemical element denoted by the stem: alumina; ceria; thoria.

A.

1. Absolute.
2. Academy.
3. acre; acres.
4. America.
5. American.
6. angstrom.
7. year.
8. answer.
9. before.
10. April.
11. Artillery.

a.

1. about.
2. acre; acres.
3. active.
4. adjective.
5. alto.
6. ampere; amperes.
7. year.
8. anonymous.
9. answer.
10. before.
11. are; ares.
12. assist; assists.