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Quick meaning: A meaning The first letter of the English alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Meaning

The first letter of the English alphabet, written in the Latin script.

More Meanings

1. The first numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called ay and written in the Latin script.
2. The name of the Latin script letter A/a.
3. An unspecified example of (something); the indefinite article.
4. One; used before score, dozen, hundred, thousand, million, etc.
5. Used in some phrases denoting quantity, such as a few, a good many, a couple, a little, a bit, etc.
6. Used in some adverbial phrases denoting the degree or extent of an action, such as a little, a bit, a lot, etc.
7. The same; one and the same. Used in phrases such as of a kind, birds of a feather, etc.

Example Sentences

Passmore. Capital P-a-double s-m-o-r-e.

But with some prelude of disparagement, / Read, mouthing out his hollow oes and aes, / Deep-chested music, and to this result.

This expression is zero, for we have replaced the column of a''''s by the column of bs and hence the determinant has two columns identical.

This piece somewhat resembles an a. On the left is a man seated on the ground, with a dog between his legs, and a large bird of prey in his hands, which appears to be biting his head.

Synonyms for a

Depending on context, synonyms include one, amp, ampere, angstrom.

Antonyms for a

Common opposites include every.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include equally, arsenic, electricity, one, single, lone.

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