at hand

English

Prepositional phrase

at hand

1. Within easy reach; nearby.

   I don't have the information at hand, but I can look it up.

   Synonyms: handy, to hand, on hand

2. Near; soon

   Synonyms: approaching, imminent; see also Thesaurus:impending

   • 1903, London, Jack, The Call of the Wild, Scholastic Books, Inc., published 1963, page 20:

     He felt it, as did the other dogs, and knew that a change was at hand.

3. (figuratively) Currently receiving attention.
   • 2001, Mahmood, Ghaith, “Problem is about oppression, not coexistence”, in The Daily Bruin‎^[1]:

     The problem at hand is not the inability of the Arabs and the Jews to live together peacefully.

Translations

within easy reach; nearby

• Catalan: a mà
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 手頭 (zh), 手头 (zh) (shǒutóu), 身旁 (shēnpáng), 身邊 (zh), 身边 (zh) (shēnbiān), 手邊 (zh), 手边 (zh) (shǒubiān), 手下 (zh) (shǒuxià)

• Czech: po ruce (cs)
• Finnish: käsillä
• French: sous la main (fr)
• Galician: á man
• German: griffbereit (de), parat (de)
• Hungarian: kéznél van
• Latin: praes, propter, in promptu

• Maori: tatanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: for hånden

• Polish: pod ręką
• Portuguese: à mão
• Russian: под руко́й (ru) (pod rukój)
• Serbo-Croatian: при руци (pri ruci)
• Spanish: a mano (es)
• Swedish: på sig
• Thai: please add this translation if you can

near; soon; approaching; imminent

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 即將發生的, 即将发生的 (jíjiāng fāshēng de), 即將到來的, 即将到来的 (jíjiāng dàolái de), 臨近的, 临近的 (línjìn de)

• Finnish: käsillä

• French: proche (fr)
• German: greifbar (de)
• Japanese: せまっている (sematteiru)
• Swedish: i antåg

currently receiving attention

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 眼前的 (yǎnqián de)

• Finnish: käsillä
• French: concerné (fr), en question (fr)

Further reading

• at hand at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Dhanat, hadn't a