ALL meanings of about
a·bout
A a - preposition about You use about to introduce who or what something relates to or concerns. 3
- preposition about When you mention the things that an activity or institution is about, you are saying what it involves or what its aims are. 3
- preposition about You use about after some adjectives to indicate the person or thing that a feeling or state of mind relates to. 3
- preposition about If you do something about a problem, you take action in order to solve it. 3
- preposition about When you say that there is a particular quality about someone or something, you mean that they have this quality. 3
- adverb about About is used in front of a number to show that the number is not exact. 3
- adverb about If someone or something moves about, they keep moving in different directions. 3
- adverb about About is also a preposition. 3
- preposition about If you put something about a person or thing, you put it around them. 3
- adjective about If someone or something is about, they are present or available. 3
- preposition about relating to; concerning; on the subject of 3
- preposition about near or close to (in space or time) 3
- preposition about carried on 3
- preposition about on every side of; all the way around 3
- preposition about active in or engaged in 3
- adverb about approximately; near in number, time, degree, etc 3
- adverb about nearby 3
- adverb about here and there; from place to place; in no particular direction 3
- adverb about all around; on every side 3
- adverb about in or to the opposite direction 3
- adverb about in rotation or revolution 3
- adverb about used in informal phrases to indicate understatement 3
- adverb about in circumference; around 3
- adjective about active; astir after sleep 3
- adjective about in existence, current, or in circulation 3
- adverb about on every side; all around 3
- adverb about here and there; in all directions 3
- adverb about in circumference; around the outside 3
- adverb about near 3
- adverb about in the opposite direction; to a reversed position 3
- adverb about in succession or rotation 3
- adverb about nearly; approximately 3
- adverb about all but; almost 3
- adjective about astir; on the move 3
- adjective about in the vicinity; prevalent 3
- adjective about ready; likely immediately 3
- adjective about willing or inclined 3
- preposition about around; on all sides of 3
- preposition about here and there in; everywhere in 3
- preposition about near to in time or space 3
- preposition about concerned with; attending to 3
- preposition about on the subject of; concerning 3
- preposition about in connection with; pertaining to 3
- preposition about quantity: approximately 1
- preposition about time: close to, more or less 1
- preposition about on the subject of 1
- preposition about of, concerning 1
- adverb about all around 1
- noun about On the subject of; concerning. 1
- adverb about from one spot to another 1