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a sharp

a sharp is the alternative spelling of A-sharp.

Meaning of A-sharp

Noun

A-sharp (plural A-sharps)

  1. A tone one semitone higher than A, denoted A♯.
    • The counterpoint began on a low A-sharp.
  2. The key of A sharp major
    • Here the passage modulates into A-sharp and becomes very difficult to read.

Noun capitalized: A sharp

A sharp (plural A sharps)

  1. (alternative) Alternative spelling of A-sharp.

Proper noun capitalized: A sharp

A sharp

  1. A programming language version of Ada for CLI, spelled A#.

Forms of a sharp

plurala sharps
pluralA sharps

Questions about a sharp

What does a sharp mean?
A sharp means a programming language version of Ada for CLI, spelled A#.
What is a sharp the alternative spelling of?
A sharp is the alternative spelling of A-sharp.
What part of speech is a sharp?
A sharp can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of a sharp?
The plural of a sharp is a sharps.

Words near a sharp in the dictionary

  1. a Roland for an Oliver
  2. A roll
  3. a rolling stone gathers no moss
  4. A rolls
  5. a roo loose in the top paddock
  6. a sharp
  7. a sharps
  8. a sheet in the wind
  9. a sheet in the wind's eye
  10. a short drop and a sudden stop
  11. a small matter

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Adapted from Wiktionary: a sharp (page history and authors); A sharp (page history and authors); A-sharp (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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