Word Finder - about

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Moving around; astir.

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After my bout with Guillan-Barre Syndrome, it took me 6 months to be up and about again.

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In existence; being in evidence; apparent.

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This idea has been about for a while but has only recently become fashionable.

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Near; in the vicinity or neighbourhood.

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I had my keys just a minute ago, so they must be about somewhere.

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On all sides; around.

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I looked about at the scenery that surrounded me.

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Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down.

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Bits of old machinery were lying about.

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From one place or position to another in succession; indicating repeated movement or activity.

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walking about;  rushing about;  jumping about;  thrashing about

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Indicating unproductive or unstructured activity.

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messing about;  fooling about;  loafing about

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Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost.

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Dinner's about ready.

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Near; in the vicinity.

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To a reversed order; half round; facing in the opposite direction; from a contrary point of view.

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to face about;  to turn oneself about

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In succession; one after another; in the course of events.

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In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; in circumference.

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a mile about, and a third of a mile across

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In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of.

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The snake was coiled about his ankle.

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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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He was well known about town.

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Indicates that something will happen very soon; indicates a plan or intention to do something.

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Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect.

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He talked a lot about his childhood.

synonyms

• apropos
• as for

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Concerned with; engaged in; intent on.

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to be about one's business

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Within or in the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place.

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I can't find my reading glasses, but they must be somewhere about the house.

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On one's person; nearby the person.

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I had no weapon about me but a stick.

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In or near, as in mental faculties or in the possession of; under the control of; at one's command; in one's makeup.

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He has his wits about him.

Do you want to tell me about it?

I love thinking about the future.

I didn't ask about his family tree.

We know not much about them.

In fact, everything about him was masculine.

Don't worry about it.

Let's talk about this.

Read about things that are beautiful and good.

They saw the mother robin flying about, and crying to her mate.

In a few minutes they had forgotten about the birds.

They are too young to fly, and the mother bird is making a great fuss about it.

It will be about the end of our adventures, I guess.

The roast will be ready in about 15 minutes.

Go and get my kitten, please, Jellia, and we'll hear what she has to say about it.

He has been here about an hour.

In fact, she had made a different decision about it so many times that his head must be spinning.

Each visitor performed the ceremony of greeting this old aunt whom not one of them knew, not one of them wanted to know, and not one of them cared about.

Let us consider for a moment what most of the trouble and anxiety which I have referred to is about, and how much it is necessary that we be troubled, or at least careful.

The aunt spoke to each of them in the same words, about their health and her own, and the health of Her Majesty, "who, thank God, was better today."

Alex was supposed to be sterile, but they had been wrong about that.

I didn't have much of an idea about the cost of raising children then, either.

The children, feeling sad and despondent, were about to follow him when the Wizard touched Dorothy softly on her shoulder.

I understood a good deal of what was going on about me.

Just about time I think the two of you are making progress, something like this comes up.

He didn't care about her.

Everywhere you turned, people were speculating about, or building models of, the "House of Tomorrow," the "Car of Tomorrow," or the "Workplace of Tomorrow."

I guess maybe hearing people talk... about their marriage.

It's about time you spent some money on yourself.

Has Alex told you about the party?

I just wondered how you felt about him hiding things from you.

So the two went to the dressing-room of the Princess and searched carefully in every corner and among the vases and baskets and ornaments that stood about the pretty boudoir.

He talks about you - thinks about you all the time.

I'm sorry about yesterday.

But what about a reasoned belief based on a balanced look at both history and current reality that leads you to be optimistic?

This book is about that future and what it is going to look like—how it will be a place glorious and spectacular beyond our wildest hopes.

Of course I did not know what it was all about, but I enjoyed the pleasant odours that filled the house and the tidbits that were given to Martha Washington and me to keep us quiet.

Julia rarely had much to say about anything lately.

I'm sorry about your father.

A little girl said she would write about "Summer."

Today you may stand up before the school and read what you have written about the turnip.

About this time I found out the use of a key.

Carmen had already spoken to Mums about it.

What could he do about it but lose more sleep?

About noon, I guess.

That night as they prepared for bed, she approached Alex about it.

Neither of the children seemed concerned about the flight, though.

Or maybe he was thinking about their conversation last night.

Oh, I was supposed to tell you about a party.

Do you want to talk about what's bothering you?

Hopefully he wasn't talking about her.