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dir | a |

As an abbreviation dir

is direct.

As a letter A is

: Apple starts with A.

As a number A is

: The item A is "foods", the item B is "drinks".

As a symbol A is

the highest rank on any of various scales that assign letters.

As a noun a is

The name of the Latin script letter A/a.

As an article a is

one; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.

As a preposition a is

To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.

As a verb a is

(have) Have.

As a pronoun a is

he.

As an interjection a is

a meaningless syllable; ah.

dir

English

Abbreviation

(Abbreviation) (head)
  • direct
  • direction
  • (computing) directory
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    a

    Translingual

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) letter .

    Letter

  • The first letter of the .
  • See also
    (Latn-script) *

    Symbol

    (head)
  • (Marks the first item in a list)
  • A . Go to the store. B. Get some food. C. Return home. D. Eat.
  • A hypothetical item or person designated first when there are more than one.
  • Person A had 5 apples, and person B...
  • The hexadecimal digit for 10
  • 0x0000000A
    The value is hexadecimal A 0, or decimal 160.
  • A standard size of dry cell battery slightly larger than a AA battery.
  • A system of paper sizes with similar proportions, as , etc.
  • See also
    * (previous) , (next) B

    Etymology 2

    Abbreviation of various terms.

    Symbol

    (head)
  • Symbol for the element Argon (Since 1956 has been changed to Ar).
  • area
  • Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • ampere, a unit of electrical current.
  • IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for adenine in genetic code.
  • IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for alanine in proteins.
  • Austria
  • See also

    {{Letter, page=A , NATO=Alpha , Morse=·– , Character=A1 , Braille=? }} Image:Latin A.png, Capital and lowercase versions of A , in normal and italic type File:Fraktur letter A.png, Uppercase and lowercase A in Fraktur File:UncialA-01.svg, A in uncial script

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