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"wandering about with no place to go" "people were rushing about" "news gets around (or about)"adverbused of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
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"about face"adverbin or to a reversed position or direction
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"a few spectators standing about"adverbin the area or vicinity
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"dirty clothes lying around (or about)" "let's look about for help"adverball around or on all sides
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"the job is (just) about done"adverb(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
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"up and about"adjectiveon the move
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"in just about a minute" "he's about 30 years old" "I've had about all I can stand" "we meet about once a month"adverb(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
Definition that contains about
- following about to be mentioned or specified
- adequate about average; acceptable
- tolerable about average; acceptable
- passable about average; acceptable
- tatou about three feet long exclusive of tail
- tatu about three feet long exclusive of tail
- fistmele about seven inches; the breadth of a fist with the thumb stuck out (used especially in archery to give the correct distance of the string from the bow)
- chilean rimu about the hardiest Podocarpaceae species; prostrate spreading shrub similar to mountain rimu; mountains of southern Chile
- giant armadillo about three feet long exclusive of tail
- lepidothamnus fonkii about the hardiest Podocarpaceae species; prostrate spreading shrub similar to mountain rimu; mountains of southern Chile