about meaning
EN
[əˈbaʊt] 
US Canada: British Columbia Canada: Ontario WAbout
- About may refer to: About.com, an online source for original information and advice. abOUT, an LGBT magazine About URI scheme, an internal URI scheme About box, displays information about a computer software
- Adjective
- Moving around; astir.
- out and about; up and about
- In existence; being in evidence; apparent.
- Normally active and capable.
- After my bout with Guillan-Barre Syndrome, it took me 6 months to be up and about again.
- Moving around; astir.
- Adverb
- Not distant; approximate.
- Why, then, I see, ‘tis time to look about, / When every boy Alphonsus dares control.
- And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
- about as cold; about as high
- In succession; one after another; in the course of events.
- On the move; active; astir.
- To a reversed order; half round; facing in the opposite direction; from a contrary point of view.
- to face about; to turn one's self about
- OBS Preparing; planning.
- (archaic) In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; in circumference.
- a mile about, and a third of a mile across
- (chiefly Canada, US) COL Going to; on the verge of; intending to.
- Not distant; approximate.
- Preposition
- In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of.
- Near; not far from; regarding approximately time, size, quantity.
- On the point or verge of.
- On one's person; nearby the person.
- Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
- Concerned with; engaged in; intent on.
- Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect.
- He knew more about what was occurring than anyone.
- (figuratively) In or near, as in mental faculties or (literally) in possession of; in control of; at one's command; in one's makeup.
- He has his wits about him.
- In the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place.
- The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. [ …] Roaring, leaping, pouncing, the tempest raged about the wanderers, drowning and blotting out their forms with sandy spume.
- In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- I blegged about it all over the Internet, but it was useless.
- Just about 65 k of Jack's full salaray comes from servicing the Baker account.
- In lieu of preparental hand-wringing, Ms. Cornelius said they talked about “how cute the tables were.”
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- About half of the genes encode sarcomeric proteins including α-cardiac actin, myosin heavy chain, troponin, tropomyosin, metavinculin, α-actinin and therefore overlap with those in HCM.
- About 20 percent of patients need to be retransplanted.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- The vegetables were okay, but the soup was nothing to write home about.
- The sink is blocked, put a rod down the plug hole and shuggle it about.
- That's the third party Brenda's been to this week. She certainly gets about.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Meaning of about for the defined word.
Grammatically, this word "about" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also an adverb, more specifically, a degree adverb and an uncomparable adverb. It's also a preposition.- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Adverbs
- Degree adverbs
- Uncomparable adverbs
- Degree adverbs
- Prepositions
- Adjectives
Difficultness: Level 1
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Definiteness: Level 9
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Definite ➨ Versatile
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- fr about
- en about-face
- fr abouté
- en abouts
- en aboute
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