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Definitions for About

[1] of; concerning; in regard to: instructions about the work; a book about the Civil War.
[2] connected or associated with: There was an air of mystery about him.
[3] near; close to: a man about my height; about six o'clock.
[4] in or somewhere near: He is about the house.
[5] on every side of; around: the railing about the excavation.
[6] on or near (one's person): They lost all they had about them.
[7] so as to be of use to: Keep your wits about you.
[8] on the verge or point of (usually followed by an infinitive): about to leave.
[9] here or there; in or on: to wander about the old castle.
[10] concerned with; engaged in doing: Tell me what it's about. Bring me the other book while you're about it.
[11] near in time, number, degree, etc.; approximately: It's about five miles from here.
[12] nearly; almost: Dinner is about ready.
[13] nearby; not far off: He is somewhere about.
[14] on every side; in every direction; around: Look about and see if you can find it.
[15] halfway around; in the opposite direction: to turn a car about.
[16] from one place to another; in this place or that: to move furniture about; important papers strewn about.
[17] in rotation or succession; alternately: Turn about is fair play.
[18] in circumference: a wheel two inches about.
[19] Nautical . onto a new tack. onto a new course.
[20] moving around; astir: He was up and about while the rest of us still slept.
[21] in existence; current; prevalent: Chicken pox is about.
[22] relating to; concerning; on the subject of
[23] near or close to (in space or time)
[24] carried on I haven't any money about me
[25] on every side of; all the way around
[26] active in or engaged in she is about her business
[27] about to on the point of; intending to she was about to jump (with a negative) determined not to nobody is about to miss it
[28] approximately; near in number, time, degree, etc about 50 years old
[29] nearby
[30] here and there; from place to place; in no particular direction walk about to keep warm
[31] all around; on every side
[32] in or to the opposite direction he turned about and came back
[33] in rotation or revolution turn and turn about
[34] used in informal phrases to indicate understatement I've had just about enough of your insults ; it's about time you stopped
[35] archaic in circumference; around
[36] (predicative) active; astir after sleep up and about
[37] (predicative) in existence, current, or in circulation there aren't many about nowadays

Words related to About

around, almost, nearly, roughly, nearby, through, approximately, back, backward, round, anyhow, practically, apropos, regarding, touching, adjacent, beside, surrounding, throughout

Words nearby About

abought, aboukir, aboukir bay, aboulia, abound, about, about face, about ship, about time, about to, about turn

Origin of About

before 900; Middle English aboute(n ), Old English abūtan, onbūtan on the outside of (a- a-1 + būtan outside (see but1, but2), equivalent to b(e ) by1 + ūtan ), cognate with Gothic utana, Old Norse, Old Saxon ūtan, Old Frisian ūta, Old High German ūzan(a ) outside; see out; cf. above, abaft for formation

Word origin for About

Old English abūtan, onbūtan on the outside of, around, from on + būtan outside

Synonyms for About

around, back, backward, in reverse, round