ah
/ɑː/ exclamationDefinition
SHOW FEELING › used to show sympathy or to show pleasure at seeing a baby or attractive animal: Ah, you poor thing! Ah, look at that little kitten!
UNDERSTAND › used to show that you have just understood something: Ah, now I see what you're saying!
(Definition of ah exclamation from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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