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Definition / Define
A
/eɪ/- A Letter
- The first letter of the English alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.
- A Cardinal number
- The ordinal number first, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.
- A Noun
- The name of the Latin script letter A/a.
- The best grade; superiority.
- The burgers here are grade a number 1.
- A Article
- One; any indefinite example of.
- There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
- I've seen it happen a hundred times.
- With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get .
- Hoots the Owl: Yes a, fruit, is a sic], any, time, food!.
- One certain or particular.
- We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
- The same; one.
- We are of a mind on matters of morals.
- A Preposition
- In, on, at, by.
- A God’s name.
- Torn a pieces.
- Stand a tiptoe.
- A Sundays.
- In the process of; in the act of; into; to. (Used with verbal substantives in -ing which begin with a consonant.).
- Jacob, when he was a dying.
- It was a doing.
- The times, they are a changin'.
- Of.
- The name of John a Gaunt.
- What time a day is it?.
- It’s six a clock.
- To, each, per.
- I brush my teeth twice a day.
- The servants are given a bonus of six shillings a man.
- A Verb
- Have. (Now often attached to preceding auxiliary verb.).
- I shoulda stayed at home last night.
- So would I a done by yonder ſunne.
- And thou hadſt not come to my bed.
- A Pronoun
- He; she; it; they.
- A’ brushes his hat o’ mornings.
- "And how Farmer James would cuss, and call thee a fool, wouldn't he, Joseph, when 'a seed his name looking so inside-out-like?" continued Matthew Moon, with feeling. / "Ay -- 'a would," said Joseph meekly.
- A Interjection
- A meaningless syllable; ah.
- A merry heart goes all the day.
- Your sad tires in a mile-a.
- I love to sing-a.
- About the moon-a and the June-a and the Spring-a.
- A Abbreviation
- Accepted.
- Ante; before.
- Active.
- Adjective.
- An are, a unit of area of which 100 comprise a hectare.