{
    "term": "at",
    "partOfSpeech": "preposition",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used to say where something/somebody is or where something happens",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "at the corner of the street"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We changed at Crewe."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They arrived late at the airport."
                },
                {
                    "text": "At the roundabout take the third exit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll be at home all morning."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's at Tom's *(= at Tom's house)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I met her at the hospital."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How many people were there at the concert?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used to say where somebody works or studies",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's been at the bank longer than anyone else."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's at Yale *(= Yale University)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "used to say when something happens",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We left at 2 o'clock."
                },
                {
                    "text": "at the end of the week"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We woke at dawn."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I didn't know at the time of writing *(= when I wrote)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "At night you can see the stars."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What are you doing at the weekend?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "used to state the age at which somebody does something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She got married at 25."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He left school at the age of 16."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "in the direction of or towards somebody/something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "What are you looking at?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He pointed the gun at the target."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Somebody threw paint at the prime minister."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "used after a verb to show that somebody tries to do something, or partly does something, but does not succeed or complete it",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He clutched wildly at the rope as he fell."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She nibbled at a sandwich *(= ate only small bits of it)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "used with adjectives to show how well somebody does something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'm **good at** French."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's hopeless at managing people."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "used to show a rate, speed, etc.",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was driving at 70 mph."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The noise came at two-minute intervals *(= once every two minutes)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Prices start at $1 000."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The book retails at £19.95."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "used to state the distance away from something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I held it at arm's length."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can you read a car number plate at fifty metres?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 10,
            "definition": "used to show the situation somebody/something is in, what somebody is doing or what is happening",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The country is now at war."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I felt at a disadvantage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I think Mr Harris is at lunch."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 11,
            "definition": "used to say that somebody/something is as good, bad, etc. as they can be",
            "sensetop": "at somebody’s/something’s best/worst, etc.",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This was Osaka at her best."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The garden's at its most beautiful in June."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 12,
            "definition": "used with adjectives to show the cause of something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They were impatient at the delay."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was delighted at the result."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 13,
            "definition": "in response to something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They attended the dinner at the chairman's invitation."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 14,
            "definition": "used when giving a phone number",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You can reach me at 637-2335, extension 354."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 15,
            "definition": "the symbol (@) used in email addresses",
            "labels": "(computing)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Phones, email and the internet"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used when you are giving an extra piece of information",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He managed to buy a car after all—and a nice one at that."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be doing something, especially something bad",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Look at all that graffiti—those kids have been at it again."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a place or an activity that is very popular or fashionable",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Judging by the crowds waiting to get in, this seems to be where it's at."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ət//æt/",
                "audio": "at/at/at__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/æt/",
                "audio": "at/at/at__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ət//æt/",
                "audio": "at/at/at__us_3_rr.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/æt/",
                "audio": "at/at/at__us_2_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English æt, of Germanic origin; related to Old Frisian et and Old Norse at, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin ad ‘to’."
}