Толковый словарь английского языка - about
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I. adverb see: but Date: before 12th century 1. reasonably close to , almost , on the verge of, on all sides ; around , 3. in rotation, around the outside, here and there , in the vicinity ; near , in the opposite direction , II. preposition Date: before 12th century in a circle around ; on every side of ; around , 2. in the immediate neighborhood of ; near , on or near the person of, in the makeup of , at the command of , engaged in , 4. with regard to ; concerning , concerned with, fundamentally concerned with or directed toward , over or in different parts of, III. adjective Date: 1815 moving from place to place, around 2
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prep. & adv. --prep. 1 a on the subject of; in connection with (a book about birds; what are you talking about?; argued about money). b relating to (something funny about this). c in relation to (symmetry about a plane). d so as to affect (can do nothing about it; what are you going to do about it?). 2 at a time near to (come about four). 3 a in, round, surrounding (wandered about the town; a scarf about her neck). b all round from a centre (look about you). 4 here and there in; at points throughout (toys lying about the house). 5 at a point or points near to (fighting going on about us). 6 carried with (have no money about me). 7 occupied with (what are you about?). --adv. 1 a approximately (costs about a pound; is about right). b colloq. used to indicate understatement (just about had enough; it's about time they came). 2 here and there; at points nearby (a lot of flu about; I've seen him about recently). 3 all round; in every direction (look about). 4 on the move; in action (out and about). 5 in partial rotation or alteration from a given position (the wrong way about). 6 in rotation or succession (turn and turn about). 7 Naut. on or to the opposite tack (go about; put about). Phrases and idioms be about to be on the point of (doing something) (was about to laugh). Etymology: OE onbutan (on = A(2), butan BUT(1)) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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