About

Word ABOUT
Character 5
Hyphenation a bout
Pronunciations /əˈbɛʊt/

Definitions and meanings of "About"

What do we mean by about?

Approximately; nearly. adverb

Almost. adverb

To a reversed position or direction. adverb

In no particular direction. adverb

All around; on every side. adverb

In the area or vicinity; near. adverb

In succession; one after another. adverb

On the verge of doing something; presently going to do something. Used with the infinitive. adverb

Used to show determination or intention in negative constructions with an infinitive. adverb

On all sides of; surrounding. preposition

In the vicinity of; around. preposition

Almost the same as; close to; near. preposition

In reference to; relating to; concerned with. preposition

In the act or process of. preposition

In the possession or innate character of. preposition

Moving here and there; astir. adjective

Being in evidence or existence. adjective

Around; in circuit; circularly; round and round; on every side; in every direction; all around.

Moving around; astir.

In existence; being in evidence; apparent.

Near; in the vicinity or neighbourhood.

Synonyms and Antonyms for About

The word "about" in example sentences

I, too, lament this..and will be doing something about it like I mentioned last month..about reading more complete series..which is what my "older" books mentioned above will consist of. ❋ Jeff C (2010)

So when I say that walls need to come down, I mean that we all need to be more honest about what our jobs mean, why we work and how they can be improved, which means tolerance for talking *about* work in a social context. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When in the late summer of 2008 he first publicly floated a trial balloon about seeking a third term, he did it by saying he\'d have to \ "seriously think about\" running if the Council decided to upend the two-term constraint. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If you LISTEN to what he says you will hear loud and clear how much he cares about the state of this country and how he wants to provide solutions to the issues we face, including tax relief, healthcare for everyone and addressing the disaster that Bill Clinton ** knew about and did nothing about** known as global warming. ❋ Unknown (2009)

(Neo-Meinongians might also want to say that on their view, ˜3 is prime™ is about the number 3, but in saying this, they would be using ˜about™ in a way that doesn't entail the existence of 3.) ❋ Balaguer, Mark (2009)

Ermmmmm..i think you were talking about...about..about that game. ❋ Princesa (2007)

But then, I began having doubts about my former side, when I noticed that conservative magazines were full of articles talking at length *about* liberals, but rarely a quote *by* one, and when there were, a sentence fragment, often proving to be taken out of context themselves. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I was about to host the meeting of my "Movie Group" –about a dozen people who gather monthly to watch together some film of substance and then discuss it afterwards over a pot-luck dinner. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Basically, they'll talk about that and cook, and they'll talk aboutߞ ❋ Unknown (2000)

Yeah, people here think about it all the time, talk about  it, but only with those they trust implicitly, but it's damned hard to do. ❋ Michaud, S G & Aynesworth H (1989)

(Gen. regentis.) rēctūrus esse, _to be about to _Fut. _ rēctūrus, _about to rule_ rule_. ❋ Charles E. Bennett (N/A)

West Troy, as advertised, in a few hours over (7) seven days; her second, required still longer time; her third, being when the horse-disease had nearly "tied up" all other boats, so that she had a river-like freedom, she required about (6) six days, thus _averaging about_ (7) seven days from the ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

"At the present moment," says the London Times for December 1st, 1852, "if there is one thing in the world that the British public do not like to talk about, or _even to think about_, it is the condition of the race for whom this great effort was made." ❋ E. N. [Editor] Elliott (N/A)

What I will now relate is not hear-say nor something that I have read about, but it is something that _I know about_, and which I witnessed. ❋ Bernard Fresenborg (N/A)

And just in proportion as any element of man's spiritual consciousness has come to institutional expression, it is the easier to talk about it and the harder to think upon it, -- to talk _about_ it without talking _of_ it. ❋ Various (N/A)

“You needn’t trouble your mind about business until you are quite well; everything is settled about that for the present, —about the mill and the land and the debts. ❋ Unknown (1917)

“Oh, there are very fine stories of that sort about the Greeks, —about the heroes of early times who killed the wild beasts, as Samson did. ❋ Unknown (1917)

«Caesar profectūrus Rōmam nōn exspectāvit», _Cæsar, when about to set out_ (lit. _about to set out_) _for Rome, did not wait_. ❋ Benjamin Leonard D'Ooge (1900)

* The following post was brought about by Kris 'TMI conversation with her brother which we shall try to refrain from commenting about* ❋ TeddyPig (2010)

Mr Rockefeller sums things up nicely there; propaganda is as much about what they * don't talk about*, as what they do spin us. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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