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About
əˈbaʊt
About definitions
adposition
- on the subject of; concerning
"I was thinking about you"
regarding concerning with reference to referring to with regard to with respect to respecting relating to on touching on dealing with relevant to with relevance to connected with in connection with on the subject of in the matter of apropos re- so as to affect
"there's nothing we can do about it"
- used to indicate movement within a particular area
"she looked about the room"
around round throughout over through all over in all parts of on every side of encircling surrounding - used to express location in a particular place
"rugs were strewn about the hall"
around in circulation in existence current going on prevailing prevalent widespread pervasive endemic happening in the air abroad- used to describe a quality apparent in a person
"there was a look about her that said everything"
adverb
about
- used to indicate movement within an area
"men were floundering about"
- used to express location in a particular place
"there was a lot of flu about"
near nearby around about the place hereabouts not far off/away close by in the vicinity in the neighbourhood at hand within reach on the doorstep (just) around the corner - (used with a number or quantity) approximately
"reduced by about 5 per cent"
approximately roughly around round about in the neighbourhood/region of in the area of of the order of something like