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(at)

(at) is the alternative form of @.

Meaning of @

Symbol (1)

@

  1. Forming gender-neutral versions of Spanish-derived words by replacing both the masculine -o and feminine -a.
    • Chican@, Filipin@, Latin@, Mestiz@
  2. By extension, sometimes used to blend other pairs of words that differ by being spelled with o vs a.
    • Kosov@; Pin@y

Symbol (2)

@

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore) Connecting a person's common name and alias, both of them are legal names.
    • Tan Cheng Bock @ Adrian Tan

See all 8 meanings of @

Forms of (at)

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Questions about (at)

What is (at) the alternative form of?
(at) is the alternative form of @.

Words near (at) in the dictionary

  1. 'zounds
  2. (134340) Pluto
  3. (555)
  4. (800)
  5. (900)
  6. (at)
  7. (c)rapper
  8. (c)rappers
  9. (s)he
  10. (You)
  11. (You)s

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: (at) (page history and authors); @ (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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