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about

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adverb

Definitions & Examples

adverb Sense 1
in the area or vicinity
"a few spectators standing about"
"hanging around"
"waited around for the next flight"
adverb Sense 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"
adverb Sense 3
in or to a reversed position or direction
"about face"
"brought the ship about"
"suddenly she turned around"
adverb Sense 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 a"
adverb Sense 5
adverb Sense 6
in rotation or succession
"turn about is fair play"
adverb Sense 7
(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 hundre"
Semantic Complexity
67%
Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
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Total Relationships
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Times Searched
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