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/ə,ā/
determiner
  1. used when referring to someone or something for the first time in a text or conversation.
    "a man came out of the room"
  2. used to indicate membership of a class of people or things.
    "he is a lawyer"
  3. used when expressing rates or ratios; in, to, or for each; per.
    "typing 60 words a minute"

A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide.

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A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is a, plural aes. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it... Wikipedia
Alphabetical position: 1
Descendants: > Æ; Ä; Â; Ɑ; Ʌ; Ɐ; ª; Å; ₳; @; Ⓐ; ⓐ; ⒜; 🅰
Language of origin: Latin language
Other letters commonly used with: a(x), ae, eau, au
Phonetic usage: ; /eɪ/
Writing direction: Left-to-right

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... a. A land - fight ; prælium terrestre , Nep.- b . A sea - fight ; pugna nāvālis , Cic.- c . A sham fight by sea ; naumăchia , æ , f . , Suet.-d. Fond of a ...
... a safe Sailing Boat . - Christ . Wilson . 1807 . Model of a Machine to bore Augur - holes on Board a Ship.- William Bayley . 1760 . Model of a Mooring Block ...
... A black patch of maftick , & c . worn on the faces ; Moucheron ; Mofchette Pezzetto di veluto portato nel vifo ... A Pa- A Payer , or Pay - mafter ; Payeur 205.
... a welcome to the beholders , a peale of ordinance like vnto a terrible thunder ratled in the ayer , and feemed as it were to shake the earth , and mount- ed ...
capitalized : the one of the four ABO blood groups characterized by the presence of antigens designated by the letter A and by the presence of antibodies ...
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a feminine singular ending of nouns borrowed from Latin and Greek, also used in New Latin coinages to Latinize bases of any origin, and as a Latin substitute ...