A Definition
- type a
- group A
- amp
- ampere
- angstrom
- angstrom-unit
- adenine
- axerophthol
- vitamin-a
- antiophthalmic factor
- deoxyadenosine monophosphate
- a
(archaic or slang) Have. [between 1150 and 1350, continued in some use until 1650; used again after 1950]
Eye dialect spelling of have.
(archaic) Alternative form of a (pronoun)
(archaic) Alternative form of a (verb)
(archaic) Alternative form of Aeaea.
A meaningless syllable; ah.
Alternative spelling of a (all). [First attested from 1350 to 1470.]
Allele (recessive)
- Completely; thoroughly.
- from beginning to end; completely; exhaustively
Other Word Forms of A
Noun
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to A
Origin of A
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Sometimes borrowed from French à (“(various prepositions)”), as in vis-à-vis, sometimes reduced from of. Other words may be established on these models, as in jack-a-napes. May be spelled differently, with same schwa pronunciation, as in o' or Cockney (from Cockeney); other early form in ragamuffin and cock-a-leekie.
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From the homographic case endings of the nominative, accusative, and vocative forms of numerous Latin neuter second declension nouns.
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Middle English, from Old English ān (“one, a, lone, sole”). The "n" was gradually lost before consonants in almost all dialects by the 15th century.
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Possibly due to the propensity in some non-rhotic dialects to pronounce words ending in -er as if they ended in an -a.
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From Middle English and Old English lower case letter a and split of Middle English and Old English lower case letter æ.
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From Middle English and Old English upper case letter A and split of Middle English and Old English upper case letter Æ.
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From Middle English a, o, from Old English a-, an, on.
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Representing the nominative singular case ending of Latin first-declension feminine nouns.
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From Middle English a, ha contraction of have, or haven
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Representing Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish feminine nouns.
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Middle English from Old English from an on on
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Various, often difficult to determine. Used in Middle English since 14th century.
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Middle English alteration of haven to have have
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Middle English variant of an an an1
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From Middle English (Northern dialect) aw, alteration of all.
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Middle English from Old English an in on
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Added to lines of poetry and verse to maintain metrics.
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weakened form of OE an, on, in, on
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From Middle English, contraction of of.
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Shortened version of preposition of.
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Greek ne in Indo-European roots
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Shortened version of verb have.
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Unstressed form of on.
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Shortened version of verb to.
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Variant spelling of ah.
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From Latin -a.
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The vowel of rat
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