at

Naija

Alternative forms

• upon 0.49 135, except 0.46 140, sudden 0.45 29, ova 0.44 304, competitions 0.43 56, almost 0.41 472, dese 0.40 391, progressives 0.39 231, igbos 0.38 9

Etymology

Borrowed from English at

Pronunciation

• æt

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 122
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 117
• Frequency in raw corpus: 2605
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 159

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Preposition

at: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. dep (frequency:1519)

   at all  — (deuber__4970, __no translation__)

   At all.  — (IBA_35_Christopher-And-David_DG__109, At all.)

2. - (frequency:1140)

   At di end.  — (JOS_40_Travelling-On-Nigerian-Roads_DG__50, at di end .)

   Moms at War  — (bbc__67566, __no translation__)

3. advmod:emph-dep (frequency:18)

   No good at all o.  — (BEN_19a_Man-Must-Wack_DG__105, It's not good at all.)

   at all, at all o.  — (human_rights__69, __no translation__)

4. advmod-dep (frequency:5)

   It'S not good at all.  — (IBA_27_Nigerian-Police_DG__33, It's not good at all.)

   even if at all dem go dere.  — (deuber__2210, __no translation__)

5. advmod (frequency:3)

   As at now 8 pipo don die for di family because of di fire incident.  — (bbc__504, __no translation__)

   As at now, some sabi pipo don dey already find way to make sure di grasshopper boku not only for rainy season but throughout di year.  — (bbc__16660, __no translation__)

6. discourse (frequency:3)

   at ehn...  — (NST_cleaned__35483, __no translation__)

   At all at all na im bad pass, Roma score two away goals for Anfield.  — (bbc__17683, __no translation__)

7. dep-discourse (frequency:3)

   Haha at all, at all.  — (JOS_07_Trousers-And-Short-Skirts_DG__215, Haha, at all; at all.)

   I will like to eh at least…  — (ENU_21_Solomon-And-Kingsman_DG__178, I will like to eh at least...)

8. conj:dicto-dep (frequency:3)

   At least, four years.  — (JOS_32_School-And-Party-Politics_DG__171, At least, four years.)

   At least, if I, as I get, if I, at least, na three I go get.  — (BEN_07_Child-Spacing_DG__124, At least if I as I get, if I, at least it is three I will get.)

9. conj:dicto (frequency:2)

   Dis leadership eh... tin den, at... I no sure sey dem start am early.  — (WAZA_03_Obi-Lifestory_MG__48, This leadership uh... thing, then at... I'm not sure they started early.)

   Make una act in a good way, make we no dey spoil oursef, make at... at least, make Nigeria just good.  — (ABJ_INF_10_Women-Battering_MG__57, Let's act in a good way, don't let us spoil ourselves, but make at... at least, Nigeria better.)

Derived forms

• at all

1. At all.  — (ABJ_GWA_02_Market-Food-Church_DG__112, At all.)

   E no cost at all lai, lai.  — (JOS_20_Beauty-Of-Jos_MG__20, It's not expensive at all, never.)

• at least

1. At least, even if na...  — (ABJ_INF_12_Evictions_MG__23, At least, even if it is...)

   At least, make I take...  — (LAG_11_Adeniyi-Lifestory_MG__136, At least, I should take...)

Synonyms

• upon 0.49 135, except 0.46 140, sudden 0.45 29, ova 0.44 304, competitions 0.43 56, almost 0.41 472, dese 0.40 391, progressives 0.39 231, igbos 0.38 9

Antonyms

• upon 0.49 135, except 0.46 140, sudden 0.45 29, ova 0.44 304, competitions 0.43 56, almost 0.41 472, dese 0.40 391, progressives 0.39 231, igbos 0.38 9

Translations

• English: no definition