about

5 letters in word "about": A B O T U.

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Words found within about:

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• Definitions:
• approximately: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 ... 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" in the area or vicinity; "a few spectators standing about"; "hanging around"; "waited around for the next flight" 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" in or to a reversed position or direction; "about face"; "suddenly she turned around" in rotation or succession; "turn about is fair play" about(p): on the move; "up and about"; "the whole town was astir over the incident" (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; "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 ...
• abOUT is a Toronto-based monthly magazine, serving the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities of Southern Ontarioand, Montreal.
• About is an electronic music project by Rutger Roedemaekers from Amsterdam (the Netherlands).He released his debut album Bongo in 2006 on the Cock Rock Disco label.
• Additional info about an element
• Person, family or corporate body as the topic of a document.
• "To pass from one tack to the other." (Colcord, 1974)
• as in "going about" - meaning to change direction by tacking
• A term used in letter of credit practice which allows a 10% variance above or below the letter of credit value, or quantity of goods, or unit price of the goods. See also "Approximately."
• the clear and simple use of this idiom ("The book is about space travel") has been distorted in the media. Beware of abusing it, as in the following examples:
• changing direction by crossing the wind bow-first.
• Direction of travel opposite to that being traveled. "Come About" is to change course 180°.
• The situation of a ship as soon as she has tacked.
• Changing direction so the wind comes from the other side of the boat. Often called "tacking - the front of the boat points directly into the wind during the manoeuvre (cf "gybing")
• which the story centers, generally the Protagonist.
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