at hand

English

at hand

Within easy reach; nearby.
I don't have the information at hand, but I can look it up.
Synonyms: handy, to hand, on hand
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene iii:
  The King your brother is now hard at hand,
  Meete with the foole, and rid your royall ſhoulders
  Of ſuch a burden, as outweighs the ſands
  And all the craggie rockes of Caſpea.
Near; soon
Synonyms: approaching, imminent; see also Thesaurus:impending
- 1903 July, Jack London, “Into the Primitive”, in The Call of the Wild, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., OCLC 28228581, page 39:
  At last, one morning, the propeller was quiet, and the Narwhal was pervaded with an atmosphere of excitement. He felt it, as did the other dogs, and knew that a change was at hand.
(figurative) Currently receiving attention.
- 2001, Mahmood, Ghaith, “Problem is about oppression, not coexistence”, in The Daily Bruin‎:
  The problem at hand is not the inability of the Arabs and the Jews to live together peacefully.

within easy reach; nearby

Catalan: a mà
Chinese:
Mandarin: 手頭／手头 (zh) (shǒutóu), 身旁 (zh) (shēnpáng), 身邊／身边 (zh) (shēnbiān), 手邊／手边 (zh) (shǒubiān), 手下 (zh) (shǒuxià)
Czech: po ruce (cs)
Finnish: käsillä (fi)
French: sous la main (fr)
Galician: á man
German: griffbereit (de), parat (de)
Hungarian: kéznél van
Italian: a portata di mano (it)
Latin: praes, propter, in promptu
Maori: tatanga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: for hånden
Polish: pod ręką
Portuguese: à mão
Russian: под руко́й (ru) (pod rukój)
Serbo-Croatian: при руци (pri ruci)
Spanish: a mano (es)
Swedish: till hands (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can

near; soon; approaching; imminent

Chinese:
Mandarin: 即將發生的／即将发生的 (jíjiāng fāshēng de), 即將到來的／即将到来的 (jíjiāng dàolái de), 臨近的／临近的 (línjìn de)
Finnish: käsillä (fi)
French: proche (fr)
German: greifbar (de)
Japanese: せまっている (sematteiru)
Swedish: i antåg

currently receiving attention