at least meaning

Definition of at least in English Dictionary

• Preposition+-
  1. (focus) At the least; at a minimum or lower limit.
     1. I couldn't count them all, but I think there must have been at least 500 people in attendance.
  2. In any event; anyway.
• More Examples
  1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
     • Rodney's not here; after the shootout, he went down and won't be back for at least a year.
     • The efficacy analysis was conducted in the full analysis set, which included all patients who received at least one dose of PP and had at least one postbaseline efficacy evaluation.
     • The main inclusion criterion was presence of a HVFD, at least a quadrantanopia, restricted to one half of the visual field, due to acquired postchiasmatic brain injury.
  2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
     • At least it is accepted that the traditional view is not fully and universally accepted. There are still rooms for doubt.
     • At least he didn't suffer when he died in the car crash. ‎
     • At least the entry set of Stately Wayne Manor was tweaked slightly to make it more moviesque. And the cast visits the real house for the only time.

• Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
  1. Phrases
     • Prepositional phrases
  2. Adverbs
     • Focus adverbs
  3. Prepositions
     • Prepositional phrases

Other Vocabulary

1. en at last
2. en at rest
3. en at best
4. en at ease
5. en at heart