Phrase guide

at one's fingertips

prep_phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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prep_phrase

Meaning 1

Readily available.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • He seemed to have all sports knowledge at his fingertips: we could scarcely finish a question before he had answered it.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: at one's fingers' ends, for more, see at hand § Synonyms

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: paraat — readily available
  • Dutch: binnen handbereik — readily available
  • Dutch: voor het grijpen — readily available
  • Finnish: hyppysissään — readily available
  • French: à portée de main — readily available
  • French: sous la main — readily available
  • German: auf der Fingerspitze — readily available
  • Polish: w małym palcu — readily available
  • Russian: отскакивать от зубов (otskakivatʹ ot zubov) — readily available
  • Russian: знать на ять (znatʹ na jatʹ) — readily available
  • Russian: знать на зубок (znatʹ na zubok) — readily available
  • Serbo-Croatian: у малом прсту (u malom prstu) — readily available