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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Destiny | Adjective: impending; Verb: destined; about to be, happen; coming, in store, to come, going to happen, instant, at hand, near; near, close at hand; over hanging, hanging over one's head, imminent; brewing, preparing, forthcoming; int he wind, on the cards, in reserve; that will, is to be; in prospect; (expected); looming in the distance, horizon, future; unborn, in embryo; int he womb of time, futurity; pregnant; (producing). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: ABOUT TO BE |
| English words defined with "ABOUT TO BE": Deliverable ♦ following ♦ It ♦ This ♦ undermentioned. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ABOUT TO BE": Dead, Donkey ♦ Emerald, Execution, Exit King/Exit Queen ♦ Father, FIDELITY ♦ Green Bag ♦ Newgate Fringe ♦ Omelet ♦ Raisins ♦ SATAN, specifications ♦ Third Reading, top-level domain ♦ Will. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Now you're a man about to be married. (Coming to America; writing credit: David Sheffield) I think our lives are about to be destroyed anyway. (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas) I was about to be dead. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) That man's about to be killed! (Arabesque; writing credit: Gordon Cotler; Julian Mitchell) Your 1975 Dodge Dart is parked illegally and is about to be towed. (Harry Anderson's Hello Sucker; writing credit: Harry Anderson) | |
Lyrics | Listen, yo' ass is about to be missin (Party Up; performing artist: DMX) | |
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Books | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | 4 diamondback terrapins about to be released in wild. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Double-rigged shrimp trawler with bag of one net about to be opened. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | The crane lowers the first section into place, it is just about to be dropped into the notched dam. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Zostera marina, eelgrass, about to be transplanted. These plants were harvested from Damerion Marsh by the mouth of the Great Wicomico River. Submerged aquatic vegetation is a critical habitat that stabilizes sediments, oxygenates water and provides habitat. Historically the Chesapeake Bay had over 600,000 acres of SAV, now there is approximately 69,000 acres. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | About to be hit by a Japanese A6M "Zero" Kamikaze, while operating off Okinawa on 11 April 1945. The plane hit the ship's side below the main deck, causing minor damage and no casualties on board the battleship. A 40mm quad gun mount's crew is in action in the lower foreground. The photographer has been identified as Seaman Len Schmidt. Credit: NAVY. |  | Running speed trials off the Maine coast, 1906. Photographed by Enrique Muller. Note sailors crowding the rails, watching the photographer's boat, which is about to be swamped by the battleship's bow wave. Credit: NAVY. |
 | All fours-important state of the game-the knave about to be lost. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Five Soviet civilians on platform, with nooses around their necks, about to be hanged by German soldiers, near town of Velizh in Smolensk region. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Cow about to be mated, Prince George's County, Maryland. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | This family without food and work about to be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration. They have lost a baby as a result of exposure during the winter. Had to sell their tent and car to buy food. Neideffer Camp, Holtville, Imperial Valley, Calif. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Benjamin Cardozo | Law never is, but is always about to be. |
Lord Byron | I am about to be married, and am of course in all the misery of a man in pursuit of happiness. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | In company one day he heard an account of a criminal case that was about to be tried. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | As several new compact van models are about to be introduced, overall sales should rise, giving this sector the most growth and making it even more competitive. (references) | |
This application has been submitted to the National Committee for Communications two years ago. Another application that is about to be granted is to Telecom, which belongs to the group of companies of Mr. Tegopoulos. (references) | ||
There are 13 power generator units at Mae Moh and only units 4 to 13 are fitted with CEMs and FGDs. Units 1 to 3 are about to be decommissioned and therefore are not fitted with FGDs. According to a former senior EGAT official with environmental responsibility, the average price of a FGDs was around TB 800 1,000 million per unit (around US$ 19,512,195 - 24,390,244, respectively). (references) | ||
Economic History | Chile | This process is about to be completed and the concessions will subsequently be awarded. (references) |
Switzerland | A so-called "Bio-Technology Valley" is about to be created running from the Basel area all the way to Strasbourg, France. (references) | |
Panama | Also, a new 230 KV transmission line project that will cover the entire Central American region is about to be implemented. (references) | |
Human Rights | Peru | He had been serving a 7-year sentence for stealing a tricycle and was about to be pardoned for good behavior. (references) |
Fiji | The law provides that a person may be arrested only if police believe that a criminal law has been broken or is about to be broken. (references) | |
El Salvador | The law requires the police to have a resident's consent, a warrant, or a reasonable belief that a crime is under way or is about to be committed, before entering a private dwelling. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SATAN, n. One of the Creator's lamentable mistakes, repented in sashcloth and axes. Being instated as an archangel, Satan made himself multifariously objectionable and was finally expelled from Heaven. Halfway in his descent he paused, bent his head in thought a moment and at last went back. "There is one favor that I should like to ask," said he. "Name it." "Man, I understand, is about to be created. He will need laws." "What, wretch! you his appointed adversary, charged from the dawn of eternity with hatred of his soul -- you ask for the right to make his laws?" "Pardon; what I have to ask is that he be permitted to make them himself." It was so ordered. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Sir Winston led his people to great victory in war and then lost an election just as the fruits of victory were about to be enjoyed. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Expression using "ABOUT TO BE": person about to be married. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "ABOUT TO BE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Greek | μελλόνυμφοσ (person about to be married). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Kanji | 俎板の鯉 (about to be cut off and unable to do anything, confronted with a hopeless situation), 俎の鯉 (about to be cut off and unable to do anything, confronted with a hopeless situation). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | まないたの"い (about to be cut off and unable to do anything, confronted with a hopeless situation). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | aboutay otay ebay | ||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | futura, futurae, futuram, futuras, futuri, futuris, futuro, futurorum, futurum, futurus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 23, Verse 27 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ton andra touton sullhfqenta upo twn ioudaiwn kai mellonta anaireisqai up autwn epistaV sun tw strateumati exeilomhn auton maqwn oti rwmaioV estin |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Virum hunc conprehensum a Iudaeis et incipientem interfici ab eis superveniens cum exercitu eripui cognito quia Romanus est |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | This man that was take of the Jewis, and bigan to be slayn, Y cam vpon hem with myn oost, and delyuerede hym fro hem, whanne Y knewe that he was a Romayn. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | This man was take of the Iewes and shuld have bene killed of them. Then cam I with soudiers and rescued him and perceaved that he was a Romayne. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | This man was taken by the Jews, and would have been killed by them: then I came with a body of soldiers, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | This man was taken by the Jews, and was about to be put to death by them, when I came on them with the army and took him out of danger, having knowledge that he was a Roman. |
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| Language | Acts Chapter 23, Verse 27 |
| Albanian | Ky njeri ishte kapur nga Judenjtë që ishin gati ta vrisnin, kur ia mbërrita unë me ushtarët dhe e lirova, sepse mora vesh se ishte qytetar romak. |
| Cebuano | Kining tawhana gipanagdakop sa mga Judio ug hapit na unta patyon nila, sa diha nga uban sa mga sundalo hing-abtan ko sila ug gitabang ko kini siya, sa nahibaloan ko nga siya usa diay ka siyudadano nga Romanhon. |
| Croatian | Ovoga èovjeka Židovi uhvatiše i tek što ga ne smakoše kadli s vojskom pritrèah i istrgoh im ga kada doznah da je Rimljanin. |
| Danish | Denne Mand havde Jøderne grebet og vilde have slået ham ihjel; men jeg kom til med Krigsfolket og udfriede ham, da jeg erfarede, at han var en Romer. |
| Dutch | Alzo deze man van de Joden gegrepen was, en van hen omgebracht zou geworden zijn, ben ik daarover gekomen met het krijgsvolk, en heb hem hun ontnomen, bericht zijnde, dat hij een Romein is. |
| Finnish | Tämän miehen ottivat juutalaiset kiinni ja olivat vähällä hänet tappaa; silloin minä tulin saapuville sotaväen kanssa ja pelastin hänet, saatuani tietää, että hän on Rooman kansalainen. |
| French | Cet homme, dont les Juifs s`étaient saisis, allait être tué par eux, lorsque je survins avec des soldats et le leur enlevai, ayant appris qu`il était Romain. |
| German | Diesen Mann hatten die Juden gegriffen und wollten ihn getötet haben. Da kam ich mit dem Kriegsvolk dazu und riß ihn von ihnen und erfuhr, daß er ein Römer ist. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Orang ini sudah ditangkap oleh orang-orang Yahudi dan hampir saja mereka bunuh, kalau saya tidak datang dengan pasukan saya dan menyelamatkan dia; sebab saya mendengar bahwa dia warga negara Roma. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa orang ini sudah dipegangkan oleh orang Yahudi, dan sedang mereka itu hendak membunuh dia, maka hamba pun datanglah beserta dengan segala laskar melepaskan dia, sebab hamba sudah mendengar, bahwa ia ini orang Rum. |
| Italian | Quest'uomo è stato assalito dai Giudei e stava per essere ucciso da loro; ma sono intervenuto con i soldati e l'ho liberato, perché ho saputo che è cittadino romano. |
| Maori | I hopukia tenei tangata e nga Hurai, a i a ia ka tata te whakamatea e ratou, ka puta atu ahau me nga hoia, a tangohia mai ana ia; i rongo hoki ahau no Roma ia. |
| Norwegian | Denne mann, som var grepet av jødene og nær ved å bli drept av dem, ham fridde jeg ut; jeg kom til med krigsfolket, efterat jeg hadde fått vite at han var romersk borger; |
| Portuguese | Este homem foi preso pelos judeus, e estava a ponto de ser morto por eles quando eu sobrevim com a tropa e o livrei ao saber que era romano. |
| Rumanian | Acest om, pe care l-au prins Iudeii, era sq fie omorkt de ei; wi eu m`am dus repede cu ostawi, wi l-am scos din mkna lor, cqci am aflat cq este Roman. |
| Shuar | Israer-aents ju aishmankan maatai tusar wakeruiniak achikiarmiayi. Tura niisha Rúmanmaya aentsuitkui wikia nuna nekaan suntarjai werin jukimjai. |
| Spanish | Cuando este hombre fue prendido por los judíos y estaba a punto de ser muerto por ellos, yo le rescaté acudiendo con la tropa, habiendo entendido que era romano. |
| Swahili | "Wayahudi walimkamata mtu huyu na karibu wangemuua kama nisingalifahamishwa kwamba yeye ni raia wa Roma na hivyo nikaenda pamoja na askari nikamwokoa. |
| Uma | Dohe sura toi, kupakatu hi Tuama hadua tauna to rahanga' Paulus. Paulus toii, rahoko' -i to Yahudi wengi, pai' neo' rapatehi lia-imi. Tapi' ku'epe Katoroma-nai. Toe pai' hilou-ama hante tantara-ku mpe'agoi-i ngkai laintongo' -ra. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-b-e-o-o-t-t-u" | |
-3 letters: battue, outate, outeat, tubate. | |
-4 letters: abbot, about, baboo, battu, beaut, betta, buteo, butte, taboo, tubae. | |
-5 letters: abbe, abet, abut, auto, babe, babu, bate, batt, beat, beau, beta, boat, boob, boot, bota, bott, bout, bubo, bute, butt, oboe, otto, tabu, tate, taut, teat, toea, toot, tote, tout, tuba, tube. | |
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| 1. Crosswords 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Quotations: Speeches | 9. Expressions 10. Translations: Modern 11. Translations: Ancient 12. Bible Trace | 13. Anagrams 14. Bibliography |
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