AA

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of Alcoholics Anonymous.
  2. An AA battery (energy-storage device).
  3. Initialism of affirmative action.
  4. Initialism of air armament.
  5. Initialism of air attaché.
  6. Initialism of aircraft apprentice.
  7. Initialism of aircraft artificer.
  8. Initialism of absolute altitude.
  9. Initialism of anti-aircraft.
  10. Initialism of avenue of approach.
  11. Initialism of assembly area.
  12. Initialism of airman apprentice.
name
  1. Initialism of Alcoholics Anonymous: a self-supporting organization of alcoholic people.
  2. Initialism of Academy Awards: a recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements, given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
  3. Initialism of Addicts Anonymous.
  4. Initialism of Al Ain.
  5. Initialism of American Airlines: a major American airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.
  6. Initialism of Aerolíneas Argentinas.
  7. Initialism of Ansett Australia or Ansett Airways.
  8. Initialism of Air Almanac, a publication.
  9. Initialism of American Anthropologist: the flagship journal of the American Anthropological Association, founded in 1888.
  10. Initialism of Acta Astronautica: a scientific journal founded in 1955, covering fields related to the peaceful scientific exploration of space.
  11. Initialism of Aluminum America, a corporation.
  12. Initialism of The Aluminum Association: a trade association for the aluminum production, fabrication and recycling industries.
adj
  1. Initialism of anti-aircraft or anti-air.
  2. Initialism of air-to-air.
  3. Initialism of atlantoaxial.
  4. Initialism of arterioarterial.
  5. Initialism of Afro-Asiatic.
  6. Initialism of Austroasiatic.
verb
  1. Initialism of antialias.
noun
  1. A form of lava flow associated with Hawaiian-type volcanoes, consisting of basaltic rock, usually dark-colored with a jagged and loose, clinkery surface. Compare pahoehoe.
noun
  1. Initialism of acetic acid.
  2. Initialism of acting age.
  3. Initialism of alveolar-arterial.
  4. Initialism of aminoacetone.
  5. Initialism of amino acid.
  6. Initialism of approximate absolute.
  7. Initialism of arachidonic acid.
  8. Initialism of armature accelerator.
  9. Initialism of ascending aorta.
  10. Initialism of atomic absorption.
  11. Initialism of author's alteration.
  12. Initialism of average audience.
adj
  1. Initialism of arctic-alpine.
  2. Initialism of always afloat.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of adjectives.
  2. Abbreviation of arteries.
adj
  1. Abbreviation of ana (“of each, equal parts”).
pron
  1. I.
name
  1. Several waterways in Europe.
  2. A river in northern France, flowing 93 km from near Bourthes, Pas-de-Calais department into the North Sea near Gravelines, Nord department.
  3. A small river in the Netherlands, flowing 72 km from near Nederweert, Limburg into the Dieze at 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant.
  4. A tributary of the Möhne river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, part of the Rhine basin.
  5. A tributary of the Nether river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, part of the Weser basin.
  6. A tributary of the Werre river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, part of the Weser basin.
  7. A village in Ida-Viru County, northern Estonia, on the Gulf of Finland.
  8. A surname from Norwegian.
symbol
  1. An orthographic ⟨a⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the TRAP vowel, as in the word "am".(Used by 19th century scholar Henry Adeney Redpath)

Pronunciation

/ˈɑː.ɑː/ [ˈɑː.ʔɑː] äʹä LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aa.wav /ˈɑ.ɑ/ [ˈɑ.ʔɑ]

Word forms

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Etymology

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