About
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
about/əˈbaʊt/
▶preposition & adverb
- 1 [as prep.] on the subject of; concerning.
- 2 used to indicate movement within a particular area or location in a particular place.
- 3 [as adv.] approximately.
– phrases
be about to be on the point of.
know what one is about informal be sensible and self-possessed.
be about to be on the point of.
know what one is about informal be sensible and self-possessed.
'About' also found in these Oxford entries:
about
- about-turn
- Acheulian
- achieve
- active
- activism
- address
- ado
- adventure
- advise
- aesthetician
- affect
- afflict
- aficionado
- afraid
- aggregator
- agitate
- agree
- aileron
- airmobile
- along
- altazimuth
- ambivalent
- ambulant
- ambulate
- amino acid
- amoeba
- amorist
- amplexus
- ana
- anecdote
- anent
- angst
- animal
- announce
- announcer
- anticipation
- Aquarius
- Archaean
- argufy
- Aries
- arrange
- arrive
- arse
- ask
- Atlantic
- Aurignacian
- Austrian blind
- auto-erotic
- axis
