at hand prepositional phrase3 •Within easy reach; nearby.I don't have the information at hand, but I can look it up. •(figurative) Currently receiving attention.The problem at hand is not the inability of the Arabs and the Jews to live together peacefully. — 2001 •Near; soon.Blessed is hee that readeth, and they that heare the words of this prophesie, and keepe those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. — 1611