at hand

phrase

1

: near in time or place : within reach

use whatever ingredients are at hand

2

: currently receiving or deserving attention

the business at hand

Examples of at hand in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But relief may finally be at hand with the help of a new app, Dance Guru, and a virtual reality (VR) headset. — Chloe Veltman, NPR, 11 July 2026

So with all of that said and the context on our backgrounds real quick, let’s get into the topic at hand. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 9 July 2026

Although the city submitted the Sacramento Police Department’s homeless encampment sweep guidelines to the court, Lau wrote that the document was, to some degree, irrelevant to the case at hand. — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026

Meanwhile, new state-level AI laws are being enacted that restrict how AI is to act when the AI is being utilized by someone in a specific state at hand. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for at hand

• armband
• backhand
• bandstand
• baseband
• broadband
• command
• cropland
• demand
• disband
• dreamland
• expand
• farmhand