about-ship

a·bout-ship

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [uh-bout ship]
- /əˈbaʊt ʃɪp/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [uh-bout ship]
- /əˈbaʊt ʃɪp/

Definitions of about-ship word

verb about-ship to manoeuvre a vessel onto a new tack 3
verb without object about-ship Nautical. to tack. 1

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Origin of about-ship

First appearance:

before 1680

One of the 48% oldest English words

First recorded in 1680-90

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for About-ship

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of About-ship

about-ship popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 6% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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