Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- abbr. accusative.
- abbr. Games ace
- abbr. across.
- abbr. adenine.
- abbr. alto.
- abbr. ampere.
- abbr. angstrom.
- abbr. area.
Wiktionary
- The first letter of the alphabet, called [[a#|a]] and written in the Latin script.
- The ordinal number first, derived from this letter of the alphabet, called [[a#|a]] and written in the Latin script.
- The highest rank on any of various scales that assign letters.
- The highest letter grade assigned (disregarding plusses and minuses).
- A tone three fifths above C in the cycle of fifths; the sixth tone of the C major scale; the reference tone that occurs at exactly 440 Hz.
- A blood type that has a specific antigen that aggravates the immune response in people with type B antigen in their blood. They may receive blood from type A or type O, but cannot receive blood from AB or B.
- Austria
- abbr. Adjective.
- abbr. Answer.
- abbr. Asian
- abbr. Admit.
- abbr. Application.
- abbr. asynchron
- abbr. Augsburg
- abbr. angstrom
- abbr. atom
- abbr. An assist.
Etymologies
- Middle English, variant of an, an; see an1.Middle English, from Old English an, in; see on.Middle English, alteration of haven, to have; see have.
Examples
“The standard ratings are looking a little dated now, with just about everything on the market qualifying for an A, so at Marks & Spencer you'll find things rated AA and AAA; elsewhere it'll come up as A+ and A+++, but it all means the same thing, the plus or extra A means it goes 10% more efficiently than an A by itself.”
“Promoted to Headline (H3) on 5/17/09: Bush-Obama: 'A rose by any other name 'yahooBuzzArticleHeadline =' Bush-Obama: \'A rose by any other name\ ''; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: Who said, "A war criminal is a war ciminal is a war criminal?"”
“The four highest ratings at insurance specialist A.M. Best Co. are A++, A+, A and A -.”
“A Quiet Excellence: an A+ yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'A Quiet Excellence: an A+ '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article: But there is an empty chair at the party.”
“P lowered Portuguese long - and short-term ratings by two notches to 'A -/A-2' from 'A+/A - 1' - outlook is negative.”
“(A-A″) 71B-Gal4/UAS-NkdGFP third-instar Drosophila salivary gland stained with α-Dsh and imaged for GFP (A) and Dsh (A′) distributions (merged image in A″).”
“After initially rejecting a confusing appliance energy rating scheme that involved grades of A+++, A++, A+ and A, Europe's Trialogue parties of the European Council, European Commission and European Parliament accepted the scheme which would see consumers confused and A grades going to relatively energy inefficient products.”
“The firm led the sale itself, and the bonds were rated A1 by Moody's Investors Service, A by Standard & Poor's and A+ by Fitch Ratings.”
“One achieved 10 A and A* grades at GCSE at a private school.”
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Boy or Girl Letters?
I recently had a discussion with my family on the sex of language. So I was just wondering about y'all's opinions on the gender/sex of American English letters.
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