to hand

Meaning

to hand

Readily available; within easy reach; nearby.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

available handy achievable attainable reachable acquirable at hand realizable procurable gettable on hand on tap at the ready securable to one's hand

Antonyms

inaccessible secluded cut-off unreachable sequestered unavailable
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Examples

For the great mass of mankind, the only saving grace needed is a steady fidelity to what is nearest to hand and heart for the short moment of each human effort. Joseph Conrad

Tired, ashamed, and mortified, I begged to sit down till we returned home, which I did soon after. Lord Orville did me the honour to hand me to the coach, talking all the way of the honour I had done him ! O these fashionable people! Frances Burney

To waste, to destroy, our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness, will result in undermining in the days of our children the very prosperity which we ought by right to hand down to them amplified and developed. Theodore Roosevelt

Impatience translates itself into a desire to have something immediate done about it all, and, as is generally the case with impatience, resolves itself in the easiest way that lies ready to hand. Edward Sapir

The best weapon is the one that's to hand. Afghan Proverb

A wise man will make tools of what comes to hand. Latin Proverb

Words in the phrase

to hand

Close letter words and terms

to guess to guide to habituate to hang to harass to harm