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41about — 1. preposition /əˈbaʊt,əˈbʌut,əˈbɛʊt/ a) Around; all round; outside or on every side of. So look about you; know you any here? b) In the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place; by or on (ones person). Let not …
42about — Synonyms and related words: again, aimlessly, all but, all over, all round, almost, along toward, alongside, anent, any which way, anyhow, anywise, approximately, apropos, apropos of, around, as for, as regards, as respects, as to, at close… …
43about to — 1. Close to; ready to. Used with an infinitive. * /We were about to leave when the snow began./ * /I haven t gone yet, but I m about to./ Compare: GOING TO, ON THE POINT OF. 2. {informal} Having a wish or plan to. Used with an infinitive in… …
44about to — 1. Close to; ready to. Used with an infinitive. * /We were about to leave when the snow began./ * /I haven t gone yet, but I m about to./ Compare: GOING TO, ON THE POINT OF. 2. {informal} Having a wish or plan to. Used with an infinitive in… …
45about\ to — 1. Close to; ready to. Used with an infinitive. We were about to leave when the snow began. I haven t gone yet, but I m about to. Compare: going to, on the point of 2. informal Having a wish or plan to. Used with an infinitive in negative… …
46about — 1. preposition a book about Greece Syn: regarding, concerning, referring to, with regard to, with respect to, relating to, on, touching on, dealing with, on the subject of 2. adverb 1) there were babies crawling about Syn …
47about to — The word about has a meaning of readiness or willingness; the phrase not about to conveys an idea of unwillingness, unreadiness, or opposition of some sort: He was not about to pay the bill. The expression is trite and informal and should be… …
48about — [OE] About in Old English times meant ‘around the outside of’; it did not develop its commonest present day meaning, ‘concerning’, until the 13th century. In its earliest incarnation it was onbūtan, a compound made up of on and būtan ‘outside’… …
49about — adv. == round about (of locality). RG. 369; ‘ȝeode aboute’ 76 B. ‘about to,’ with a verb, as a future part. 1593 B. == nearly. RG. 247 prep. == around, circum. RG. 467; [obout]. Ps. lxxvii. 28 == near (of time), ‘aboute noon.’ Wright’s L. P. p.… …
50about — preposition & adverb 1》 [as preposition] on the subject of; concerning. 2》 used to indicate movement within a particular area or location in a particular place. 3》 [as adverb] approximately. Phrases be about to be on the point of. know what one… …
