at
preposition (EMAIL ADDRESS) weak /ət/ strong /æt/Definition
1. Definition
2. Practise
A1 the @ symbol that joins the name of a person or a department in an organization to a domain name to make an email address: "What's your email address?" "It's dictionary at cambridge dot org."Conventions used on the Internet and in email
(Definition of at preposition (EMAIL ADDRESS) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
© Cambridge University Press)
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