Definition of "at hand" []

• Within easy reach; nearby. (phrase)
• Near; soon; approaching; imminent. (phrase)
• Currently receiving attention. (phrase)

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• "So, the seven committees were compressed into two, both at cabinet level: the Policy Review Committee, chaired by the head of the department, with primary responsibility for the issue at hand usually State; and the Special Coordinating Committee, to be chaired by the national security assistant."
• "Well, de Bono suggested that to solve a problem, the thinker should relate the problem at hand to a random input, such as a word chosen by chance in a dictionary, and then see if he can, by connecting the two, open up a new approach to the situation."
• "The commander of the garrison at Miletus had sent a message to Alexander offering surrender, but when he heard the Persian fleet was near at hand he reneged on his offer and barred the city gates to the Macedonians."