Found 4 items, similar to About.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: about
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English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: about
baru saja, berkenaan, berkisar, di sekitar, dimana-mana, disana-sini, hampir, kesana-sini, kira-kira, mengenai, sekitar, seputar, tentang
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: about
about
adv 1: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct;
“lasted approximately an hour”;
“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”;
“some
forty people came”;
“weighs around a hundred pounds”;
“roughly $3,000”;
“holds 3 gallons, more or less”;
“20
or so people were at the party” [syn:
approximately,
close to,
just about,
some,
roughly,
more or less
,
around,
or so]
2: all around or on all sides;
“dirty clothes lying around (or
about)”;
“let's look about for help”;
“There were trees
growing all around”;
“she looked around her” [syn:
around]
3: in the area or vicinity;
“a few spectators standing about”;
“hanging around”;
“waited around for the next flight”
[syn:
around]
4: to or among many different places or in no particular
direction;
“wandering about with no place to go”;
“people
were rushing about”;
“news gets around (or about)”;
“traveled around in Asia”;
“he needs advice from someone
who's been around”;
“she sleeps around” [syn:
around]
5: in or to a reversed position or direction;
“about face”;
“brought the ship about”;
“suddenly she turned around”
[syn:
around]
6: in rotation or succession;
“turn about is fair play”
7: (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite
accomplished; `near' is sometimes used informally for
`nearly' and `most' is sometimes used informally for
`almost';
“the job is (just) about done”;
“the baby was
almost asleep when the alarm sounded”;
“we're almost
finished”;
“the car all but ran her down”;
“he nearly
fainted”;
“talked for nigh onto 2 hours”;
“the recording
is well-nigh perfect”;
“virtually all the parties signed
the contract”;
“I was near exhausted by the run”;
“most
everyone agrees” [syn:
just about,
almost,
most,
all but
,
nearly,
near,
nigh,
virtually,
well-nigh]
about
adj : on the move;
“up and about”;
“the whole town was astir over
the incident” [syn:
about(p),
astir(p)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: About
About
\A*bout"\, prep. [OE. aboute, abouten, abuten; AS.
[=a]butan, onbutan; on + butan, which is from be by + utan
outward, from ut out. See
But,
Out.]
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1. Around; all round; on every side of.
“Look about you.”
--Shak.
“Bind them about thy neck.” --Prov. iii. 3.
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2. In the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or
proximity to; near, as to place; by or on (one's person).
“Have you much money about you?” --Bulwer.
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3. Over or upon different parts of; through or over in
various directions; here and there in; to and fro in;
throughout.
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Lampoons . . . were handed about the coffeehouses.
--Macaulay.
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Roving still about the world. --Milton.
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4. Near; not far from; -- determining approximately time,
size, quantity.
“To-morrow, about this time.” --Exod.
ix. 18.
“About my stature.” --Shak.
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He went out about the third hour. --Matt. xx. 3.
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Note: This use passes into the adverbial sense.
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5. In concern with; engaged in; intent on.
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I must be about my Father's business. --Luke ii. 49.
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6. Before a verbal noun or an infinitive: On the point or
verge of; going; in act of.
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Paul was now aboutto open his mouth. --Acts xviii.
14.
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7. Concerning; with regard to; on account of; touching.
“To
treat about thy ransom.” --Milton.
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She must have her way about Sarah. --Trollope.
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About
\A*bout"\, adv.
1. On all sides; around.
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'Tis time to look about. --Shak.
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2. In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the
outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across.
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3. Here and there; around; in one place and another.
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Wandering about from house to house. --1 Tim. v.
13.
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4. Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in
quality, manner, degree, etc.; as, about as cold; about as
high; -- also of quantity, number, time.
“There fell . .
. about three thousand men.” --Exod. xxii. 28.
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5. To a reserved position; half round; in the opposite
direction; on the opposite tack; as, to face about; to
turn one's self about.
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To bring about, to cause to take place; to accomplish.
To come about, to occur; to take place. See under
Come.
To go about,
To set about, to undertake; to arrange; to
prepare.
“Shall we set about some revels?” --Shak.
Round about, in every direction around.
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