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.

2. Near; soon; approaching; imminent.
   • 1903, Jack London, The Call of the Wild, Scholastic Books, Inc. (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, Ghaith Mahmood, "Problem is about oppression, not coexistence", The Daily Bruin,

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

Synonyms

• (Nearby, within reach): handy, to hand, on hand

Translations

within easy reach; nearby

• Catalan: a mà
• Czech: po ruce (cs)
• Finnish: käsillä
• French: sous la main (fr)
• German: griffbereit, parat (de)

• Latin: in promptu
• Maori: tatanga
• Polish: pod ręką
• Russian: под руко́й (ru) ‎(pod rukój)
• Serbo-Croatian: при руци ‎(pri ruci)
• Swedish: på sig

near; soon; approaching; imminent

• Finnish: käsillä
• French: proche (fr)

• German: greifbar (de)
• Swedish: i antåg

currently receiving attention

• Finnish: käsillä

• French: concerné (fr)

External links

• at hand at OneLook Dictionary Search