@

Meaning

Prep

1. At a rate of (so much each).
2. (informal) At (any sense).

Verb

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)

Noun

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

Symbol

1. Forming gender-neutral versions of Spanish-derived words by replacing both the masculine -o and feminine -a.
2. By extension, sometimes used to blend other pairs of words that differ by being spelled with o vs a.

Synonyms

sign

at sign []

bay top shell

Pronounced as (IPA)

/æt/