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1. A, n. View full entry 1921
...Chiefly Brit. Denoting the highest category of road below a motorway....
2. A, n. View full entry 1914
...Brit. In form A (without point). Adult, denoting a film, or a classification given to a film, considered to be suitable only for adults or children accompanied by an...
3. A, n. View full entry 1979
...Brit.colloq. In form A (without point). A level. Usu. in pl....
4. A and E in A, n. View full entry 1966
...accident and emergency (department)....
5. ACT in A, n. View full entry 1972
...advance corporation tax....
6. AEU in A, n. View full entry 1921
...Amalgamated Engineering Union....
7. AFC in A, n. View full entry 1879
...Association Football club....
8. AIM in A, n. View full entry 1994
...Alternative Investment Market....
9. ALA in A, n. View full entry 1974
...(in personal advertisements) all letters answered....
10. AM in A, n. View full entry 1999
...Assembly Member; (the official abbreviation in English for) a member of the Welsh Assembly; cf. MWAM3....
11. A.R.A. in A, n. View full entry 1805
...Associate of the Royal Academy....
12. ASA in A, n. View full entry 1962
...= Advertising Standards Authorityadvertising2....
13. ATOL in A, n. View full entry 1973
...Air Travel Organizer's Licence (also Licensing)....
14. ATV in A, n. View full entry 1955
...Associated Television, a British television company broadcasting between 1955 and 1981....
15. AUEW in A, n. View full entry 1971
...Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers....
16. AWS in A, n. View full entry 1961
...automatic warning system, a system which provides audible indications of upcoming signals....
17. a, adj. View full entry c1275
...Preceding a quantifier or (now Eng. regional) a numeral, removing its definiteness or expressing an approximate estimate: some, a matter of, about. Now chiefly in a few, ...
18. a, prep.1 View full entry OE
...Expressing position within, situation, etc.: in, with; = on7a13. Now Eng. regional....
19. a, prep.1 View full entry OE
...Expressing motion to a position of contact with, or continued motion: in to, on to, on, upon; = on18. Also: indicating the object of mental activity; = on...
20. a, prep.1 View full entry OE
...In expressions of time: in, on, by; = on8. Now chiefly with days of the week. Now Eng. regional, Sc., and Irish English....
