At Hand

Definition: At Hand

At Hand

Adjective

1. Close in space; within reach; "the town is close at hand".

2. Close in time; about to occur; "retribution is at hand"; "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand"; "in imminent danger"; "his impending retirement".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: At Hand

Destiny

Adjective: impending; Verb: destined; about to be, happen; coming, in store, to come, going to happen, instant, at hand, near; near, close at hand; over hanging, hanging over one's head, imminent; brewing, preparing, forthcoming; int he wind, on the cards, in reserve; that will, is to be; in prospect; (expected); looming in the distance, horizon, future; unborn, in embryo; int he womb of time, futurity; pregnant; (producing).

Earliness

Sudden; (instantaneous); unexpected; near, near at hand; immediate.

Futurity

Adjective: future, to come; coming; (impending); next, near; close at hand; eventual, ulterior; in prospect; (expectation).

Money

Currency, circulating medium, specie, coin, piece, hard cash, cold cash; dollar, sterling coin; pounds shillings and pence; Ls.d.; pocket, breeches pocket, purse; money in hand, cash at hand; ready money, ready cash; slug, wad wad of bills, wad of money, thick wad of bills, roll of dough; rhino, blunt, dust, mopus, tin, salt, chink; argent comptant; bottom dollar, buzzard dollar; checks, dibs.

Nearness

Adjective: near, nigh; close at hand, near at hand; close, neighboring; bordering upon, contiguous, adjacent, adjoining; proximate, proximal; at hand, handy; near the mark, near run; home, intimate.

The Present Time

Adverb: at this time, at this moment; at the present time; Noun: now, at present; at hand.

Utility

Applicable, available, ready, handy, at hand, tangible; commodious, adaptable; of all work.

Crosswords: At Hand

The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. (Clue; writing credit: Jonathan Lynn.)

I think the odds are slightly in your favor at hand fighting (The Princess Bride; writing credit: William Goldman)

Now let's deal with the facts at hand. 23 hours ago, General Alexander Kodoroff stole ten nuclear warheads (The Peacemaker; writing credit: Leslie Cockburn; Andrew Cockburn)

But, uh, back to the lecture at hand (Nuthin But A "G" Thang; performing artist: Dr. Dre)

At hand. (Criminal; performing artist: Fiona Apple)

My body's aching and my time is at hand (Fire And Rain; performing artist: James Taylor)

The midnight hour is close at hand (Thriller; performing artist: Michael Jackson)

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Books

• Close at Hand (Poetry of the American West) (reference)

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Figure 61. Richard bottle (1940 model) devised by Dr. Jules Richard, Director of the Oceanographic Museum at Monaco, and constructed by Charles Calleri, at that time the museum's instrument maker. This bottle did not represent a step forward, but instead was an example of using material's at hand to construct a sampling device during the difficult days of WW II. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

A now uncommon and romantic building type, the Beebe Windmill provided mechanization to the grinding of grain. This rare survivor teaches us about the evolution of industrial technologies and the ingenuity of early American craftsman who fashioned the moving parts out of the most readily available material at hand, wood. HABS and HAER documentation provides information for the care and maintenance of structures for which the original drawings typically do not survive. The formats of HAER documentation for this windmill include a written history, photographs, and measured drawings. The selected drawings and photographs shown here demonstrate how the nformation in each format can supplement the other. The photographs record information as the camera sees it in a one-point perspective. The drawings illustrate the grain mill and clarify how its parts fit together, what dimensions they are, and how they interact to grind the grain. West elevation. Photograph by Jet Lowe, 1978. (Reproduction Number: HAER, NY,52-BRIG,4-1). Credit: Library of Congress.

Help is at hand Depression. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

The irrepressible conflict is at hand / McKee Barclay. Credit: Library of Congress.

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I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn't much improved my opinion of them

The last moment was at hand.

Doomsday was at hand.

The Mayor is here at hand.

Near at hand they only excited my pity

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Health

Because such patients are often critically ill and satisfactory alternative therapy may not be at hand, FFP may be appropriate. (references)

Economic History

Chad

After-sales support is essential, and stocks of spare parts must be readily at hand to ensure market success. (references)

Pakistan

District and Sessions judges sit at the district level; often the same individual sits as both a district and sessions judge, depending on whether the matter at hand is civil or criminal. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "at hand": be at hand ♦ be near at hand ♦ capital at hand ♦ close at hand ♦ near at hand. Additional references.

Albanian

afër (about, at, beside, by, close, close to, hard by, near, near to, nearby, next to, nigh), te goja (very near), gati (about, all but, almost, but, in line, in store, much, nearly, picked, practically, prepared, pretty, ready, scarcely, virtual, well nigh). (various references)

Arabic 

‏في اليد (into the hands of). (various references)

Bulgarian 

подръка (arm in arm, around, handy). (various references)

Czech

blízko (by, close, close at hand, hard by, near, next to, nigh). (various references)

Finnish

saatavissa (available, handy, obtainable), käsillä, esillä (on hand, on view, ready). (various references)

French

� portée de la main (near at hand). (various references)

German

bei der Hand. (various references)

Greek 

κοντά μου. (various references)

Hebrew 

קרוב (approximation, bringing near, close, drawing near, near, nearness, next, nigh, proximity). (various references)

Hungarian

közelben (about, by, hereabout, near at hand, thereabout), kéznél (near at hand). (various references)

Italian

approssimarsi (approach, approximate, come near, near, near at hand). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

手回り (personal effects or belongings). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

てまわり (personal effects or belongings). (various references)

Manx

fo laue (read, underhand). (various references)

Pig Latin

atay andhay.(various references)

Portuguese

dispon�vel, � m�o, � disposi��o. (various references)

Romanian

fi la îndemânã (be near at hand). (various references)

Russian 

тут же (then and there). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pri ruci (hand: on hand, near at hand), nadomak ruke (grasp: within his grasp, near at hand). (various references)

Spanish

tesoro (capital at hand, mine, treasure, treasure chest, treasury), deseo de tesoro (capital at hand), capital de tesoro (capital at hand), bajo la mano (near at hand). (various references)

Swedish

till hands (handy, on hand, Pat). (various references)

Turkish

yakında (ere long, fast by, hard by, incidentally, near, nearby, round, shortly, soon), yakın (adjacent, akin, akin to, approximate, by, close, close to, close-rage, connate, connected, connection, connexion, contiguous, convenient, familiar, handy, hard, hard by, immediate, imminent, inseparable, intimate, near, near at hand, nigh, not far, pending, proximate, relative, thick, within reach, within walking distance), hazır (agreeable, available, content, cut and dried, disposed, finished, forthcoming, forward, game, go, handy, in the mood for, in train, officinal, on, on hand, on one's mettle, on tap, operational, prepared, present, prompt, quick, reach-me-down, ready, ready made, readymade, ripe, snappy, stand by, up for, willing), elde (on hand), el altında (handy). (various references)

Turkmen 

nobatky (immediate at hand, next), nobatdaky (immediate at hand, next). (various references)

Ukrainian

незабаром (after a while, anon, before long, ere long, near, near at hand, odd-come-shortly, presently, shortly, soon), близько (about, anigh, around, at close range, bain, close, closely, familiarly, hard upon, near, near at hand, nearly, nigh, short, something like, somewhere, thereabout, thereabouts), під рукою (near at hand). (various references)

Welsh

gerllaw (adjacent, beside, near). (various references)

istae, istarum, istas, isti, istis, istorum, istos, praesens, praesente, praesentem, praesentes, praesenti, praesentia, praesentibus, praesentis, praesto, praestoque, promptus. (various references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: anta, data, hand, hant, nada, than.

-3 letters: aah, aha, ana, and, ant, dah, had, hat, nah, nth, tad, tan.

-4 letters: aa, ad, ah, an, at, ha, na, ta.

+1 letter: hatband.

+2 letters: anthodia, handcart, handfast, hatbands.

+3 letters: deathsman, handcarts, handcraft, handfasts, handstand, hardstand, headstand, heartland, heathland, stagehand, washstand, watchband.

+4 letters: antheridia, fatherland, handbasket, handcrafts, handfasted, handicraft, handstands, hardstands, headstands, heartlands, heathlands, lanthanide, machinated, pentahedra, phantasied, stagehands, unattached, washstands, watchbands.

+5 letters: annihilated, antheridial, anticathode, arthropodan, cachinnated, cantharides, cantharidin, diaphaneity, draughtsman, fatherlands, grandfather, halogenated, handbaskets, handbreadth, handcrafted, handfasting, handicrafts, lanthanides, mastheading, neanderthal, nonattached, pentahedral, transshaped.