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31about — 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 …
32about — 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… …
33about 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… …
34about 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… …
35about\ 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… …
36about 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… …
37about — [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’… …
38about — 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.… …
39about — (a bou) s. m. Terme d art et métier. 1° L extrémité par laquelle un morceau de bois de charpente ou de menuiserie est assemblé avec un autre. 2° Le bout par lequel une tringle ou un tirant de fer se joint, se fixe à quelque chose.… …
40about — See about, around, round …
