about preposition (CONNECTED WITH)
A1 on the subject of, or connected with:
What's that book about?
I'm worried about David.
I wish you'd do something about (= take action to solve the problem of) your bedroom - it's a real mess.
UK informal Could you make me a coffee too while you're about it (= while you are making one for yourself)?
What didn't you like about the play?
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- He is always talking about how clever his children are.
- I wish you'd stop making jokes about my friends.
- Lots of people have complained about the noise.
- The film was about creatures from outer space.
- I was very nervous about driving again after the accident.
- Stop jumping about, Billy, and just stand still for a moment!
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about preposition (NO ORDER)
› mainly UK US usually around positioned around a place, often without a clear purpose or order:
Their belongings were flung about the room.
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about preposition (POSITION)
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about adverb (APPROXIMATELY)
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- The town is about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
- Fry the onion and garlic for about two minutes.
- The average temperature worldwide has risen by about one degree Fahrenheit in the past 100 years.
- "We'll be at your house at about nine o'clock, okay?"
- We sent out the wedding invitations about three weeks ago.
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about adverb (ALMOST)
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about adverb (ALL DIRECTIONS)
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about adverb (NO ORDER)
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about adverb (PLACE)
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about adjective (INTENDING)
be about to do sth
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- (just) around the corner idiom
- at hand idiom
- be on the point of (doing) sth idiom
- be ready to roll idiom
- beckon
- brew
- come up
- corner
- horizon
- in the air idiom
- in the pipeline idiom
- loom
- looming
- make to do sth idiom
- ready
- store
- teeter
- teeter on the brink/edge of sth idiom
- threshold
- wait in the wings idiom
