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@prep詞源 1/æt/

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  At a rate of (so much each).

  • 15 items @ $10
  • @ 80 km/h
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  informalAt (any sense).

  • @ 20°C
  • Text message: “im @ school.”

@verb詞源 1/æt/

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  To reply to or speak to someone, either online or face to face. (from the practice of targeting a message or reply to someone online by writing @name)

  • Honestly, don't @ me if you don't have anything nice to say.
  • He angrily @ed me after I made an innocent comment.

@noun詞源 1/æt/

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  The permanent handle of a user which follows @, chiefly on Twitter.

  • What your @?

@symbol詞源 2/æt/

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  Forming gender-neutral versions of Spanish-derived words by replacing both the masculine -o and feminine -a.

  • Chican@, Filipin@, Latin@, Mestiz@
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  By extension, sometimes used to blend other pairs of words that differ by being spelled with o vs a.

  • Kosov@; Pin@y

@symbol詞源 3/æt/

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  Connecting a person's common name and alias, both of them are legal names.

  • Tan Cheng Bock @ Adrian Tan