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Definition: About |
AboutAdjective1. On the move; "up and about"; "the whole town was astir over the incident". Adverb1. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party". 2. All around or on all sides; "dirty clothes lying around (or about)"; "let's look about for help"; "There were trees growing all around"; "she looked around her". 3. In the area or vicinity; "a few spectators standing about"; "hanging around"; "waited around for the next flight". 4. To or among many different places or in no particular direction; "wandering about with no place to go"; "people were rushing about"; "news gets around (or about)"; "traveled around in Asia"; "he needs advice from someone who's been around"; "she sleeps around". 5. In or to a reversed position or direction; "about face"; "brought the ship about"; "suddenly she turned around". 6. In rotation or succession; "turn about is fair play". 7. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; "the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the contract"; (`near' is used informally for `nearly' as in "I was near exhausted by the run"; `most' is used informally for `almost' as in "most everybody agrees"). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "about" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Economics | "About", "Approx.", and "Circa" are terms which when used in a letter of credit, are construed to allow a difference not to exceed 10% more or 10% less than the monetary amount, or the quantity, or the unit price stipulated in the letter of credit. (references) |
Tips from 1870 | Usage: About, Almost. "This work is about done." Use "almost done." Usage: About, around. "She was pleased with the conversation about her." Use "around her." "She was pained by the conversation about her." Use "concerning her." Source: Slips of Speech. |
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Canadian raising is a phonetic phenomenon that occurs in varities of the English language, especially Canadian English, in which diphthongs are "raised" before voiceless consonants (e.g., /p/, /t/, /k/, /s/, /f/). For example, /aI/ (the vowel of "eye") and /aU/ (the vowel of "loud") become /^I/ and /^U/, respectively, the /a/ (as in "father") component of the diphthong going from a low vowel to the mid vowel /^/ (as in "up"). As /^U/ sounds similar to /oU/ (as in "road), the Canadian pronunciation of "about the house" may sound like *"a boat the hoas" to non-Canadians. Some stand-up and situation comedians exaggerate this to *"aboot the hoos" for comic effect.Despite its name, the phenomenon is not restricted to Canada. The example above deals with the /aU/ diphthong, but, as noted, the /aI/ diphthong can be affected as well. So, whereas the General American pronunciations of "rider" and "writer" are identical (/raId@r/), those whose dialects include Canadian raising will pronounce them as /raId@r/ and /r^Id@r/, respectively. It is this raising of /aI/ which can be found in the United States, especially in the Pacific Northwest. Note also that Canadian raising preserves the etymological /t/ in "writer," even though in Canadian English, as in most other versions of North American English, the /t/ has become /d/ or (SAMPA) /4/ between vowels.
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Edmond François Valentin About (February 14, 1828 - January 16, 1885), French novelist, publicist and journalist, was born at Dieuze, in the Moselle departement in the Lorraine region of France.The boy's school career was brilliant. In 1848 he entered the École Normale, taking the second place in the annual competition for admission, Taine being first. Among his college contemporaries were Taine, Francisque Sarcey, Challemel-Lacour and the ill-starred Prevost-Paradol. Of them all About was, according to Sarcey, the most highly vitalized, exuberant, brilliant and "undisciplined." At the end of his college career he joined the French school in Athens, but if we may believe his own account, it had never been his intention to follow the professorial career, for which the École Normale was a preparation, and in 1853 he returned to France and frankly gave himself to literature and journalism.
A book on Greece, La Grece contemporaine (1855), which did not spare Greek susceptibilities, had an immediate success. In Tolla (1855) About was charged with drawing too freely on an earlier Italian novel, Vittoria Savelli (Paris, 1841). This caused a strong prejudice against him, and he was the object of numerous attacks, to which he was ready enough to retaliate. The Lettres d'un bon jeune homme, written to the Figaro under the signature of Valentin de Quevilly, provoked more animosities. During the next few years, with indefatigable energy, and generally with full public recognition, he wrote novels, stories, a play--which failed,--a book-pamphlet on the Roman question, many pamphlets on other subjects of the day, newspaper articles innumerable, some art criticisms, rejoinders to the attacks of his enemies, and popular manuals of political economy, L'A B C du travailleur (1868), Le progrès (1864).
About's attitude towards the empire was that of a candid friend. He believed in its improvability, greeted the liberal ministry of Émile Ollivier at the beginning of 1870 with delight and welcomed the Franco-German War. That day of enthusiasm had a terrible morrow. For his own personal part he lost the loved home near Saverne in Alsace, which he had purchased in 1858 out of the fruits of his earlier literary successes.
With the fall of the empire he became a republican, and, always an inveterate anti-clerical, he threw himself with ardour into the battle against the conservative reaction which made head during the first years of the republic. From 1872 onwards for some five or six years his paper, the XIX' Siècle, of which he was the heart and soul, became a power in the land. But the republicans never quite forgave the tardiness of his conversion, and no place rewarded his later zeal. On January 23 1884 he was elected a member of the French Academy, but died before taking his seat. His journalism--of which specimens in his earlier and later manners will be found in the two series of Lettres d'un bon jeune homme à sa cousine Madeleine (1861 and 1863), and the posthumous collection, Le dix-neuvieme siècle (1892)--was of its nature ephemeral. So were the pamphlets, great and small. His political economy
was that of an orthodox popularizer, and in no sense epoch-making. His dramas are negligible. His more serious novels, Madelon (1863), L'Infâme (1867), the three that form the trilogy of the Vieille Roche (1866), and Le roman d'un brave homme (1880)-a kind of counterblast to the view of the French workman presented in Zola's Assommoir--contain striking and amusing scenes, no doubt, but scenes which are often suggestive of the stage, while description, dissertation, explanation too frequently take the place of life. His best work after all is to be found in the books that are almost wholly farcical, Le nez d'un notaire (1862); Le roi des montagnes (1856); L'homme à l'oreille cassée (1862); Trente et quarante (1858); Le cas de M. Guérin (1862). Here his most genuine wit, his sprightliness, his vivacity, the fancy that was in him, have free play. "You will never be more than a little Voltaire," said one of his masters when he was a lad at school. It was a true prophecy.
This entry was originally from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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Synonyms: AboutSynonyms: about(p) (adj), astir(p) (adj), all but (adv), almost (adv), approximately (adv), around (adv), close to (adv), just about (adv), more or less (adv), most (adv), near (adv), nearly (adv), nigh (adv), or so (adv), roughly (adv), some (adv), virtually (adv), well-nigh (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Circumjacence | Adverb: around, about; without; on every side; on all sides; right and left, all round, round about. |
Relation | Thereof; as to, as for, as respects, as regards; about; concerning; Verb: anent; relating to, as relates to; with relation, with reference to, with respect to,with regard to; in respect of; while speaking of, a propos of; in connection with; by the way, by the by; whereas; for as much as, in as much as; in point of, as far as; on the part of, on the score of; quoad hoc; pro re nata; under the head of; (class) of; in the matter of, in re. |
Smallness | Almost, nearly, well-nigh, short of, not quite, all but; near upon, close upon; peu s'en faut, near the mark; within an ace of, within an inch of; on the brink of; scarcely, hardly, barely, only just, no more than. about, thereabouts, somewhere about, nearly, say; be the same, be little more or less. no ways, no way, no wise; not at all, not in the least, not a bit, not a bit of it, not a whit, not a jot, not a shadow; in no wise, in no respect; by no means, by no manner of means; on no account, at no hand. |
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Crosswords: About |
| English words defined with "about": bandy about, bring about, brought about, bustle about ♦ go about ♦ just about ♦ knowledgeable about ♦ mess about, mill about, muck about ♦ Round about ♦ set about ♦ think about, thrash about, thresh about, To come about, To go about, To heave about, To knock about, To roll about, To throw about ♦ write about. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "about": Beating about the Bush ♦ Dodge About ♦ Fiddle About ♦ Lay about One ♦ Much Ado about Nothing ♦ ROUND ABOUT ♦ Sand-man is about. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "about": Woodbine. (references) |
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Screenplays | I'm an educated man, but I can't speak intelligently about the travel habits of William Santiago (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) Some lucky boy's about to hit the honey pot. The winner will receive an evening of my company (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) They know about us. They watch us dine on empty plates and drink from empty glasses (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) Well maybe we shouldn't be talking about this just now, with you barely home (The Sweet Hereafter; writing credit: Atom Egoyan) It's a shame about raisins (Benny & Joon; writing credit: Barry Berman) | |
Lyrics | I'm mad about you (Mad About You; performing artist: Belinda Carlisle) How about love, love, love, love (Something To Talk About; performing artist: Bonnie Raitt) Now you wanna run around and talk about guns (Forgot About Dre; performing artist: Dr. dre) They know your name and know what you're about (FOUND OUT ABOUT YOU; performing artist: Gin Blossoms) This song is about you, playa (Son Of A Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You); performing artist: Janet Jackson) | |
Clever | The only thing chicken about Israel is their soup. (references; author: Bob Hope) Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. (references; author: Mark Twain) If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever. (references; author: Woody Allen) Ax Me About Ebonics. (references; author: unknown) Florida: Ask Us About Our Grandkids (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Don't Tell the Cripples About Sex (1974) The Clinton Special: A Film About the Farm Show (1974) Film About a Woman Who... (1974) Man About the House (1974) | |
Song Titles | Please Don't Talk About Me (performing artist: Louis Armstrong) Talk About It (performing artist: Javelin Boot) Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (performing artist: Sammy Jr. Davis) OPUS 17 (DON't YOU WORRY ABOUT ME) (performing artist: Four Seasons ) SOMETHING ABOUT YOU (performing artist: Four Tops ) | |
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 | Shown here are a patient (young girl) and nurse, both seated on the floor. The nurse is teaching the girl about procedures and techniques associated with chemotherapy. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |  | Five illustrations showing the methods of surgical treatment that may be used: lumpectomy; modified radical mastectomy; partial mastectomy (also called segmental mastectomy), radical mastectomy (also called Halsted radical mastectomy), and total (simple) mastectomy. These illustrations appeared in "What You Need to Know About Breast Cancer." See artwork WYTK-05. Credit: Jeanne Kelly (Artist). |
 | People involved in trapping and skinning wild carnivores, especially bobcats, should be extremely cautious about exposure to Y. pestis vectors. Credit: CDC. |  | Elderly women learning about eye diseases. Education. Credit: CDC. |
 | Located about 130 million light-years away, NGC 4650A is one of only 100 known polar-ring ... Credit: NASA. |  | Although the giant star Mira has been known for about 400 years, astronomers have had to wait ... Credit: NASA. |
 | MyCn18, a young planetary nebula located about 8,000 light-years away. Credit: NASA. |  | Surface photographs from the Soviet Venera 9 and 10 spacecraft. The Soviet Venera 9 and 10 spacecraft were launched on 8 and 14 June 1975, respectively,to do the unprecedented: place a lander on the surface of Venus and return images.The two spacecraft successfully landed a descent craft on 16 and 23 October 1975.These images were obtained on 22 and 25 October 1975. Venera 9 landed on a slopeinclined by about 30 degrees to the horizontal whereas Venera 10 was only inclinedabout 8 degrees. The two spacecraft were separated by about 2100 km. Most of the rocks in the images are between about 0.3 and 1 meter. Credit: NASA. |
 | The Parana River delta is a huge forested marshland about 32km northeast of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The area is a very popular tour destination. Guided boat tours can be taken into this vast labyrinth of marsh and trees. The Parana River delta is one of the world's greatest bird-watching destinations. This image highlights the striking contrast between dense forest and wetland marshes, and the deep blue ribbon of the Parana River. Credit: NASA. |  | A steller sea lion lollygagging about on a warm Alaskan day. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). |
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| "Dinner minute about" by Pawel Smolenski Commentary: "Empty white plate, metal fork and knife." | "About Sydney 7" by Marty Walker Commentary: "Contact me for a hi-rez version." |
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 | Nearly; not quite; slightly short of; missed; almost; just about; nigh; virtually. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Benjamin Cardozo | Law never is, but is always about to be. |
Cornelius Vanderbilt | What do I care about law? Hain't I got the power? |
Henrik Ibsen | Really to sin you have to be serious about it. |
Horace | The story's about you. |
John Burroughs | I was born with chronic anxiety about the weather. |
Lord Acton | Advice to Persons About to Write History -- Don't. |
Suetionius | Hail, Emperor, we who are about to die salute you. |
William Hazlitt | We talk little when we do not talk about ourselves. |
William James | Publishers are demons, there's no doubt about it. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | All merchants shall have safe and secure exit from England, and entry to England, with the right to tarry there and to move about as well by land as by water, for buying and selling by the ancient and right customs, quit from all evil tolls, except (in time of war) such merchants as are of the land at war with us. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | So that there could then be no reason of quarrelling about title, nor any doubt about the largeness of possession it gave. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | It has been the first to show what man's activity can bring about. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | With Czecho-Slovakia: The frontier of August 3, 1914, between Germany and Austria from its junction with the old administrative boundary separating Bohemia and the province of Upper Austria to the point north of the salient of the old province of Austrian Silesia situated at about 8 kilometres east of Neustadt. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | In this country you are all so well-informed about the Far East, and such devoted friends of China, that I do not need to expatiate on the situation there. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | I really must talk to him about purchasing a donkey |
Through the Looking-Glass | Carroll, Lewis | There was something very queer about the water, she thought, as every now and then the oars got fast in it, and would hardly come out again |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | Now, it is a fact, that there was nothing at all particular about the knocker on the door, except that it was very large |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams | "Ford!" he said, "there's an infinite number of monkeys outside who want to talk to us about this script for Hamlet they've worked out!" |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | There was no occasion to make much moan about this state of affairs |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | This was plain from the entire absence of young priests about him. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | A burly policeman sweated behind him and seemed at every moment about to act. |
The Importance of Being Earnest | Oscar Wilde | Relations are simply a tedious pack of people who haven't got the remotest knowledge of how to live, nor the smallest instinct about when to die. |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | RATCLIFF, about the mid of night come to my tent And help to arm me. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The children crowded about the women in the houses |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | About changes in your lifestyle. (references) | |
Nits take about 1 week to hatch. (references) | ||
But it only helps for about 4 hours. (references) | ||
Business | They are picky about product flaws. (references) | |
About ICON Group International, Inc. (references) | ||
The UAE air force has about 1,800 personnel. (references) | ||
Children | Indonesia | Of these, about 20 percent are girls. (references) |
Indonesia | There were about 10,000 street children in Jakarta. (references) | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | A separate, small rehabilitation center treats about five persons daily. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Belgium | Normally only about 10 percent of applications are approved. (references) |
China | Zhao has been allowed about one trip outside of Beijing per year. (references) | |
Switzerland | This action was prompted by complaints about Scientologists' methods. (references) | |
Discrimination | Azerbaijan | Some members of other ethnic groups also complained credibly about discrimination. (references) |
Australia | In its 1999-2000 report, the HREOC stated that it received eight complaints about discrimination based on sexual orientation. (references) | |
Bhutan | At the time, the Government claimed that it was concerned about the rapid population growth of and political agitation by the ethnic Nepalese. (references) | |
Economic History | Syria | GDP: About $17 billion. (references) |
Nepal | Nepal is about 86% Hindu. (references) | |
Cameroon | Ethnic groups: About 250. (references) | |
Human Rights | Argentina | It had approved about 8,000 of them by year's end. (references) |
Russia | No information about the specific charges was made public. (references) | |
Cote d'Ivoire | Billon told his father and leaders of the RDR about the plot. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Gabon | Pygmies who complained about their situations often were beaten. (references) |
Australia | The Tribunal also acts as an arbitrator in some cases where the parties cannot reach agreement about proposed mining or other development of land. (references) | |
Chile | Of the population that identifies itself as indigenous, about one-half remain separated from the rest of society, largely due to historical, cultural, educational, and geographical factors. (references) | |
Minorities | Trinidad and Tobago | Each group comprises about 40 percent of the population. (references) |
Panama | The ethnic Chinese community is estimated to be about 120,000 persons. (references) | |
Albania | Omonia is also concerned about the lack of access to Greek-language education. (references) | |
Political Economy | Benin | Benin has about 115 political parties. (references) |
OMAN | Import duties are set at about five percent. (references) | |
EL SALVADOR | About $150 million of that amount was short-term. (references) | |
Political Rights | Afghanistan | Most political changes came about through shifting military fortunes. (references) |
Jamaica | Women hold about 20 percent of all political offices and 30 percent of the senior civil service positions. (references) | |
Singapore | This threat heightened concerns among some observers about voters' genuine freedom to change their government. (references) | |
Trade | Nigeria | The prevailing AFEM rate is about 112 Naira to $1. (references) |
France | The certification takes about 6 months to complete. (references) | |
Peru | Total banking system assets were about $18.8 billion. (references) | |
Travel | Uae | Never ask about a man's wife. (references) |
Ghana | Ghana has about 260,000 telephone lines. (references) | |
Kuwait | Oral translation costs about US$336.00 per day. (references) | |
Women | Afghanistan | Clean water reached only about 12 percent of the population. (references) |
Pakistan | Many concentrate on educating women about existing legal rights. (references) | |
Kenya | FIDA has trained more than 800 police officers about gender issues. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Solomon Islands | About 2,000 employees were evacuated. (references) |
Tunisia | They inspect most firms about once every 2 years. (references) | |
Poland | Victims are not informed about their legal status or rights. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | OCEAN, n. A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man -- who has no gills. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Al Hunt | Let's talk just a moment about the war. You wrote a column in which you said in Afghanistan you can't tell who's on which side. |
Dennis Miller | Say what you will about drug addicts, at least they move slowly. |
Jodie Foster | Literature, which I think is really helpful because it's about reading and about reading the text and interpreting it. |
Lynne Cheney | V is for valor. V is for the valor shown by those who have kept us free. And it's a page mostly about military heroes. |
Nancy Grace | Yeah, the floodgates are open. Now nobody will care about the pain and the torture this causes the Smart family. |
Paul Harvey | So I put that in my pocket and went on about my own willful ways, and it was very tardy in my own life, I'm sorry to say. |
Robert Novak | Mrs. Dole, there's a lot of worries about a double-dip recession. The president is having an economic forum in Texas, coming up. |
Rush Limbaugh | Just do it, don't talk about it. |
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Ulysses S. Grant | 1869-1877 | Whilst the question of specie payments is in abeyance the prudent business man is careful about contracting debts payable in the distant future. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Actually when we talk about small business we are talking about almost all of the Nation's individual businesses. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | So, I believe that we should resume the talks with the Soviet Union about limiting offensive and defensive missile systems. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | The American people cannot and should not be asked to support a policy which involves the overriding issues of war and peace unless they know the truth about that policy. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | Tonight I have spoken about our problems at home and abroad. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | By definition deterrence requires that we shape Soviet assessments about the risks of war, assessments they will make using their doctrine, not ours. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Unless, of course, you're talking about red ink. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | A cut in the capital gains tax increases jobs and helps just about everyone in our country. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | But globalization is about more than economics. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | We affirm the right of parents to have better information about the schools, and to make crucial decisions about their children's future. |
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| "About" is generally used as a preposition (except "of") -- approximately 73.93% of the time. "About" is used about 192,040 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Preposition (except "of") | 73.93% | 141,967 | 71 |
| Adverb (general) | 21.18% | 40,667 | 202 |
| Adverb (prepositional) | 4.9% | 9,405 | 1,017 |
| Total | 100.00% | 192,040 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "about". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Migdalgad | N/A | Biblical | Tower compassed about |
| Sabtah | N/A | Biblical | A going about or circuiting |
| Shebam | N/A | Biblical | Compassing about |
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| USA | About. Com Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "about": a lot of fuss about ♦ a lot of fuss about nothing ♦ a Story About `Magic' ♦ about each other ♦ about face ♦ about face! ♦ about fifty ♦ about forty ♦ about half ♦ about it ♦ about it and about it ♦ about left face! ♦ about left turn! ♦ about much ♦ about one's person ♦ about ready ♦ about right face! ♦ about right turn! ♦ about ten ♦ about that ♦ About the ears ♦ about the place ♦ about them ♦ about thirty ♦ about time ♦ about to ♦ about to die ♦ about to do ♦ about to go ♦ about to happen ♦ about turn ♦ about turn! ♦ about what ♦ about which ♦ ad round about ♦ all about ♦ all about jim ♦ angry about ♦ argue about ♦ argue about semantics ♦ around about ♦ arse about ♦ ask about ♦ ask about the price ♦ ass about ♦ at about ♦ at about four o'clock ♦ bandy about ♦ bandy about smb.'s name ♦ bang about ♦ bargain about ♦ barge about ♦ bash about ♦ batter about ♦ be about ♦ be about to ♦ be about to do it ♦ be about to do smth. ♦ be agog about ♦ be careless about ♦ be certain about ♦ be concerned about smth. ♦ be crazy about ♦ be crazy about smb. ♦ be crazy about smth. ♦ be cross about smth. ♦ be disparaging about smb. ♦ be dotty about smb. ♦ be doubtful about ♦ be dubious about ♦ be exercised about ♦ be fussy about ♦ be glad about ♦ be going about ♦ be hazy about ♦ be hazy about smth. ♦ be hesitant about doing smth. ♦ be in doubt about ♦ be in the dark about smth. ♦ be in two minds about smth. ♦ be knowledgeable about ♦ be long about doing smth. ♦ be mad about ♦ be mad about smb. ♦ be mad about smth. ♦ be miffed about ♦ be mistaken about smb. ♦ be much concerned about smth. ♦ be nasty about ♦ be nuts about smb. ♦ be out and about ♦ be particular about ♦ be positive about smth. ♦ be possessive about smth. ♦ be sceptical about ♦ be scornful about smth. ♦ be secretive about ♦ be secretive about smth. ♦ be silent about ♦ be skeptical about ♦ be sticky about doing smth.. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "about": about-face, about-my, about-ship, About-sledge, about-smooth, about-so, about-the, about-them, about-to, about-to-be, About-to-be-ex-lit-ed, about-to-be-ex-wife, about-to-be-murdered, about-to-burst, About-to-go-on-holiday, about-to-open, about-to-retire, about-turn, about-turns. | |
Ending with "about": knock-about, north-about, talked-about, turn-about. | |
Containing "about": men-about-town. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
book about dog | 7,648 | fact about australia | 174 |
about blank | 5,893 | writing about art | 169 |
poem about teacher | 1,742 | about last night | 166 |
about | 1,268 | about empathy | 155 |
book talking about golf | 1,210 | something about mary | 143 |
all about sex | 610 | poetry about teacher | 135 |
about schmidt | 603 | ten things i hate about you | 127 |
10 things i hate about you | 599 | about time | 124 |
all about eve | 573 | fact about animal | 123 |
poem about life | 494 | theres something about mary | 120 |
its about time | 478 | truth about charlie the | 120 |
about a boy | 311 | all about me | 118 |
much ado about nothing | 288 | what about bob | 117 |
truth about fiction | 271 | hidden file about me | 116 |
poem about school | 236 | about how to copy dvd to cdr | 116 |
forgot about dre | 205 | fact about hawaii | 115 |
mad about you | 201 | poem about abortion | 112 |
about face | 192 | fact about alcohol | 109 |
out about service employee international union | 186 | serious about softball | 104 |
10 things i hate about you soundtrack | 178 | learn about car | 103 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "about"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | oor (above, after, behind, concerning, ear, more, more than, on, over, upon), van (by, concerning, from, of, on, since, surname, upon), sowat (approximately), so (approximately, like this, look, so, such, that, that way, thus), omtrent (approximately). (various references) | |
Albanian | nja (near), afërsisht (approximately, around, roughly, somewhere, thereabout, thereabouts). (various references) | |
Arabic | بحوالي (approximately), في المتناول (disposable), نحو (across, at, to, toward, towards), حول (ability, alien, around, be cross eyed, bleach, capricious, commit, concerning, deed, deliver, deter, divert, encode, hand down, hand over, make, metamorphose, power, process, redress, refer, relocate, round, stop, switch, transfer, transmute, transpose, turn, whimsical, withdraw, work, year), حوالي (almost, around, nearly, or so, some, upon), تقريبا (all but, almost, most, near, nearly, quasi, roughly, somewhere, thereabouts, upward, upwards, well nigh), عن (on), على مقربة (close to, near, nigh, proximate), على وشك أن, بحوالي (nearby), بشأن (of). (various references) | |
Basque | buruz. (various references) | |
Breton | a-zivout. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | около (around, circa, in the region of, on, round, round about, some, somewhere about, toward), из (among, amongst, around, from, over, round, through), по (according to, after, against, around, at, by, for, from, in, of, on, out, out of, over, per, round, through, to, up, upon), почти (almost, approximately, half, like, near, nearly, next to, nigh, on, practically, say, something like, virtually, well nigh), при (alongside, at, beside, by, during, given, in, on, to, under, unto, with), приблизително (approximately, at a rough guess, much, near, nearly, roughly, round about, some, something like, somewhere about), за (after, against, at, for, for one's sake, for the sake of, in, of, off, on, over, pro-, re, to, touching, toward, towards, unto), назад (aback, aft, after, astern, back, backward, behind, lunge, rearwards, sternward), долу-горе, навсякъде (abroad, all around, anywhere, around, at every turn, everywhere, high and low, over, right-and-left, throughout, wide), у (among, amongst, in, on, with), относно (after, concerning, for, over, quoad, re, regarding, respecting, touching, vis-а-vis, with reference to, with regard to), в (aboard, against, around, at, by, down, in, inside, into, on, to, under, unto, up, within), в обратна посока (return, widdershins), в кръг (round), край (abutment, border, by, close, closing, conclusion, country, curtains, death, dissolution, edge, end, ending, extremity, fag end, finale, finality, finish, flange, hem, issuance, issue, land, last, limb, limit, list, margin, off, on, outskirts, over, parts, past, period, point, quietus, region, rim, stop, surcease, tail, term, terminal, termination, truce, ultima thule, verge, wind up), към (around, into, nearby, of, off, on, somewhere about, to, towards, unto, with), с (at, by, cum, for, in, of, on, per, to, via, with), тук-там (here and there), наоколо (around, round). (various references) | |
Catalan | entorn (around, round, towards). (various references) | |
Chinese | 關於 (concerning, pertaining to, regarding, with regards to), 約莫 (approximately, around), 搬弄 (display, fiddle with, move sth, show off), 待 (deal with, delay, intending to do something, need, stay, treat, wait), 前後 (around, from beginning to end), 关于 (Vis-a-vis), 左右 (approximately, around, left and right), 大約 (approximately), 大概 (approximate, probably, rough, roughly). (various references) | |
Croatian | oko, o. (various references) | |
Czech | o (against, at, by, of, on, over, upon, within), asi (perhaps, probably, some). (various references) | |
Danish | om (around, by, concerning, for, from, in, inside, into, of, on, per, round, since, towards, upon, within), omtrent (approximately). (various references) | |
Dutch | over (abiding, above, across, after, away, behind, beyond, concerning, in, left, left over, more than, on, on the other side of, over, past, remaining, upon), in omloop (abroad), circulerend (abroad). (various references) | |
Esperanto | pri (concerning, on, upon). (various references) | |
Estonian | kohta. (various references) | |
Faeroese | viðvíkjandi (concerning, on, upon), um leið (approximately), um (beyond, by, concerning, during, for, if, on, past, provided that, straight past, upon, whereas, while, whilst), rundan um (around, round, towards), næstan (almost, approximately, nearly), nær (as, close, near, nearby, when), náminda (close, near, nearby), fyri hond (close, near, nearby). (various references) | |
Farsi | دورتادور, بالاتر (Above, Senior, Superior, Upper), بهرسو, در (At, Door, For, Pearl, Plug, Pylon, To, Valve, Wicket), درباب , درباره (Inre, Of, On, Re, Toward), درشرف (Ace, Eve), دراطراف (Around), با (Against, By, In, Mid, Per, Together, Trade, With), درحدود (Within), فرمان عقب گرد, راجع به (On), تقریبا (Almost, Much, Near, Nigh, Some), گرداگرد (Around), قریب (Near, Nigh), نزد (To), نزدیک (Adjacent, At, Beside, Besides, By, Close, Contiguous, Hailfellow, In, Near, Neighbor, Nigh, Proximate, Upcoming), پیرامون (Around, Circumference, Outline), درصدد (After). (various references) | |
Finnish | noin (approximately, around, circa). (various references) | |
Flemish | naar (for, to). (various references) | |
French | environ, quelque, concernant, autour de, à peu près (just about). (various references) | |
Frisian | sawat (approximately), oer (concerning, on, upon), oangeande (as regards, as to, concerning, toward, towards, with reference to), oanbelangjende (as regards, as to, concerning, toward, towards, with reference to), neistenby (approximately). (various references) | |
Galician | sobre. (various references) | |
German | ungefähr (about much, abroad, almost, approximate, approximately, around, general, nearly, peradventure, rather, rough, roughly, similarly, some, vaguely), über (above, across, at, beyond, by, concerning, dabout, excess, for, of, on, on the other side of, over, past, sur, up above, upon, upward of, via), etwa (abroad, approximately, perhaps, some), um (after, around, at, by, for, in order, in order to, of, on, per, round, roundabout, to, towards, upon), gegen (abroad, across from, against, around, compared with, con, contrary to, for, getting on for, in comparison with, in exchange for, into, near, opposed to, opposite, round about, to, toward, towards, upon, versus), umher (abroad, around), zirka (abroad, approximately, circa, some), von (by, concerning, dependingabhaengig, from, of, off, on, out of, to rather hazy about, upon), um ... herum (around, around about, at about, round, roundabout, towards), herum (around). (various references) | |
Greek | για (about to, for, to, unto), περίπου (approximate, approximately, circa, in the region of, opus so, or so, pretty much, some), περί (about face, anent, for, re, toward, towards). (various references) | |
Guarani | rupi (by, through). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | afërsisht (approximately). (various references) | |
Hebrew | כ- (according to, as, like), בערך (approximately, around, offhand, roughly, thereabouts). (various references) | |
Hungarian | körülbelül (approximately, around, circa, in the neighbourhood of, in the vicinity of sg, or so, round, some, something like, towards, vicinity), körül (abroad, along about, around, at liberal, round, round about, to curry favour with sy, to skirt, toward, towards). (various references) | |
Icelandic | um (by, concerning, from, of, on, since, upon). (various references) | |
Indonesian | sekitar (around, vicinity), kira-kira (approximately, around, thereabouts), disana-sini, dimana-mana (everywhere). (various references) | |
Irish | um, faoi (about it, against, below, beneath, in exchange for, opposed to, opposite, under, underneath, upon). (various references) | |
Italian | circa (approximately, concerning, just about, more or less, on, or so, round, some, someplace, somewhere), vicino (adjacent, by, close, convenient, early, forthcoming, handy, near, near by, nearby, neighbor, neighboring, neighbour, neighbouring, next, nigh), verso (approximately, at, by, call, cry, direction, grimace, line, meter, metre, near, poetry, reverse, to, toward, towards, unto, verse, verso), intorno a (around, circa, round, towards), intorno (around, round), attorno. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 凡そ (approximately, as a rule, roughly). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おおよそ (approximately, as a rule, roughly), およそ (approximately, as a rule, roughly), そこそこ (no more than, only, or so), くらい (almost, as, at least, court order, crown, dark, dignity, enough to, gloomy, grade, nobility, occupying a position, rank, rather, situation, throne), まず (almost, anyway, first, hardly, now, to start with, well), まつわる (concerning, to be associated with), ついて (as to, concerning, regarding), かんして (as for, regarding), ごろ (approximately, euphony, grounder, the sound, the sound or euphony of a sentence, time, toward), ころ (approximately, time, toward), アバウト , やく (advantage, approximately, bad luck, being beneficial, benefit, disaster, evil, gain, misfortune, position, profit, role, service, some, to bake, to be envious of, to be jealous of, to grill, use), けい (approximately, beheading, group, incline, knight, lean, light, lineage, lord, penalty, plan, punishment, sentence, state minister, strong, system, ten quadrillion, thorn, thousand billion, time, toward, whip). (various references) | |
Korean | 에 관한. (various references) | |
Lombard | all'incirca (approximately). (various references) | |
Luganda | ate (then, what about), eby'okwegezaamu (about self-testing, about testing self). (various references) | |
Luxembourgish | ëm (at). (various references) | |
Malay | lebih kurang (approximately). (various references) | |
Manx | mysh (about him, around, concerning, on the point of, regarding), mygeayrt (around, roundabout, surrounding), mychione (concerning, on, re, regarding, touching, touching point), er chee (on the point of). (various references) | |
Maya | tzikbat (to talk about), ta'ay-tak (to be about to). (various references) | |
Norwegian | om (around, by, concerning, from, if, in, of, on, round, since, towards, upon), omkring (around, round, towards). (various references) | |
Papiamen | aproksimadamente (approximately). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aboutay.(various references) | |
Polish | wokół (around, round, towards), około (around, round, towards), odnośnie (concerning), o (concerning, on, upon), dookoła (around, round, towards), blisko (close, near, nearby). (various references) | |
Portuguese | sobre (above, across, at par, atop, of, on, on top of, over, over-, super, to, up, upon), aqui e ali, aproximadamente (approximately, circa, nearly, so, thereabout). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | acerca, sobre, por (around, by, for, through), do (for the, no translation, of the). (various references) | |
Quechua | timpumanta (about time), rinaykimanta (about yourtravel). (various references) | |
Romanian | despre (concerning, on, to, upon). (various references) | |
Russian | о (clothe, concerning, eau, of, on, regarding, solitary, stay, upon), приблизительно (abt about, approx approximately, approx., approximately, aprox, aproximately, at a guess, by eye, cca circa, circa, close on, in a rough way, nearly, roughly, some, something like). (various references) | |
Scottish | mu (around; of, concerning, for, on account of). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zbog (because of, for, owing to, sake: for the sake of), u vezi sa (connection: in connection with), u blizini (around, by, close by, close to), skoro (almost, just, just about, nearly, newly, practically, recently, soon, well nigh), približno (approximate to, approximately, around, closely, roughly, round), otprilike u, otprilike (approximately, around, circa, perchance, some, thereabouts), oko (around, eye, orb, peeper, round, toward). (various references) | |
Slovene | okoli (around). (various references) | |
Somali | ka (at, from, of). (various references) | |
Spanish | cerca de (against, approximately, around, at, beside, by, close to, near, near to, nearby, next to, nigh), alrededor de (around, round, towards), sobre (above, atop, concerning, envelope, o'er, on, on top of, onto, packet, upon), respecto de (as regards, as to, concerning, in respect of, on, ref, upon), por lo tocante a (as regards, as to, concerning, on, upon), en torno de (around, round, towards), en cuanto a (as for, as regards, as to, concerning, in regard to, on, regarding, respecting, upon, with regard to), apróximadamente (approximately), acerca de (after, concerning, on, roundabout), a eso de (approximately, around). (various references) | |
Sranan | tron (become, come about, get, grow, happen), kon (arrive, become, come, come about, end up, get, grow, happen), kenki (about-face, alter, alteration, change, conversion, transformation, turn). (various references) | |
Swahili | juu (above, on top, overhead, upstairs). (various references) | |
Swedish | ungefär (approximately, in the rough, some), cirka (approximately, circa, circle), på (across, at, away, because of, by, concerning, for, for sake of, forth, in, of, off, on, on account of, over, owing to, through, to, toward, towards, unto, upon, with), om (again, back, concerning, for, if, in, in case, of, on, over, past, provided that, round, supposing, to, upon, wheter, whether), vid (against, at, beside, broad, by, extensive, for, fore, full, in, in case of, large, near, near to, nearby, next to, of, off, on, over, so, space, spacious, to, unto, vast, wide, with), omkring (approximately, around, round), kring (around, round, towards). (various references) | |
Tagalog | tungkol, sa paligid (around, round, towards), mga (not translatable), halos (approximately). (various references) | |
Thai | กังวลมากกับ (fuss about, fuss over), ยกย่องชมเชยอย่างมาก (rave about), รักษาไว้ (keep about, keep around, keep at, sustain), ลอยไปลอยมา (float about), ล้อมรอบ (circumambient, encircle, environ, hem about, hem around, hem in, hem round), ล้อมรอบด้วย (hedge about with, hedge around with, hedge round with), วางเเผนเรื่อง (arrange about), วนเวียนอยู่รอบๆ (circle about, circle around, circle round), ตื่นเต้นเกินไป (fuss about, fuss around), ตบตี (kick about, kick around), ต่อรองราคาเกี่ยวกับ (haggle about), ต่อสู้กับ...ในเรื่อง (fight about), ถามเกี่ยวกับ (ask about, inquire of), ทำให้รก (muck about / around with), ทิ้งไว้เรี่ยราด (lie about, lie around), อดหัวเราะไม่ได้ (fall about), ทะเลาะกันเรื่อง (argue over, bicker about, bicker over), กระสับกระส่าย (edgy, fidget about), กระจัดกระจายอยู่ทั่ว (dot about, dot around), ฝันเกี่ยวกับ (dream about), หน้าไปหลัง (arse about face, arse about tit), ดิ้นไปมา (thrash about), ยกย่อง (rhapsodize about / over), คลั่งไคล้มาก (nuts about), คร่ำครวญถึง (moan about), คุ้ยหาจนทั่ว (rake about / around / round), คุ้ย (rake, scrabble about), ควบคุมด้วย (fence about with, fence around with, fence round with), คุยโม้ในเรื่อง (boast about, boast of), คอย (bide, stick about, tarry), ขุดหาสิ่งสกปรก (grub about), ม้วนรอบ (roll about), จู้จี้มากเกินไป (fuss about, fuss around, fuss over), จับอย่างแรง (maul about / around), จัดการกับ (fix with, set about), คุยโต (brag about, brag of), ทำให้กระเด็นไปคนละทิศ (hurl about, hurl around), หายดีพอที่จะออกไปข้างนอก (out and about), หัวเราะร่วน (fall about), หัวเราะจนหยุดไม่ได้ (roll about), ความตื่นเต้นกับสิ่งไม่มีตัวตน (much ado about nothing), ยืนเตร็ดเตร่ (loiter about, loiter around), ซุบซิบนินทาเกี่ยวกับ (gossip about, gossip of), ค้นหา (detect, ferret about, fish, forage, hunt, look, rake over, rake through, seek, sift through), คนชอบเข้าสังคม (man about town), คอยซุ่มอยู่บริเวณ (lurk about, lurk around), เจรจาประนีประนอมเกี่ยวกับ (negotiate about / for / over), โกหกในเรื่อง (lay about, lie about), เคลื่อนจาก...ไปยัง... (move about / around / round), เดินเตร่ (lounge about, lounge around), เปลี่ยนความคิดกะทันหัน (face about). (various references) | |
Tswana | ele. (various references) | |
Turkish | aksi yöne, aşağı yukarı (approximately, approximative, around, circa, close on, in the neighborhood of, in the neighbourhood of, in the rough, just about, more or less, nigh, pretty much, rough, roughly, roundly, some, something like, sub-, thereabout, to and fro, tolerably), aít (concerning, toward, towards, with reference to), yaklaşık (approximate, approximative, circa, just about, proximate, rough, some, well nigh), takriben (approximately, circa, in the rough, nearly, some), orada burada (far and near), konusunda (as regards, concerning, in point of, in respect of, in the matter of, regarding, round, touching, with respect to), ilgili (anent, companion, concerned, connected, curious, germane, in regard to, interested, involved, pertinent, related, relative), hemen hemen (all but, almost, at close quarters, barely, much, near, nearly, next door to, next to, nigh, practically, pretty much, proximate, scarcely, well nigh), hakkında (as regards, concerning, in re, in the matter of, out of, over, re, regarding, relating to, respecting, round, touching), etrafında (around, round), etrafına (around, round), dair (anent, as regards, concerning, re, regarding, relating to, respecting, touching), üstünde (above, atop, atop of, on, over, super-, supra-, sur-, whereon). (various references) | |
Turkmen | takmyn (almost, approimately), ьstaюyr (at, over), hakynda, golaя (near, next), barada. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | майже (all but, almost, anear, approximately, as good as, but, half, hard upon, just about, much, near, nearby, nearly, next door to, next to, nigh, nighly, practically, quasi, quite, well nigh, within), по (against, along, around, by, o'er, on, over, round), поблизу (alongside, anear, anigh, around, aside, beside, by, hereabout, hereabouts, hereby, near, nearby, nigh, thereabout, thereabouts, thereby), при (at, on), приблизно (approximately, around, in the rough, just about, more or less, or so, rough, some, something), про (after, against, concerning, o'er, of, on, over), близько (anigh, around, at close range, bain, close, closely, familiarly, hard upon, near, near at hand, nearly, nigh, short, something like, somewhere, thereabout, thereabouts), з (against, along, among, amongst, ex, from, from among, in, into, of, off, on, out, outside, since, to, upon, with), довкола, за (abaft, according to, after, around, at, behind, beyond, by, in favor of, in favour of, off, on, out, outside, per, to, with, within, without), у зв'язку з (in connection with, seeing), навколо (around, round), навкруги (all over, around), недалеко (near, nearby), неподалік (around, nearby), кругом (turn about), через (across, among, amongst, aslant, because of, by, by way of, down, for, from, in, o'er, over, owing to, per, seeing, thanks to, through, throughout, via), скрізь (anywhere, around, everywhere, passim, up), у зворотному напрямі (backward, backwards, inversely), з приводу (after, on). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | xung quanh (round), rải rác đằng sau khoảng chừng, quanh quẩn, đúng đắn tốt, được (all right, o.k., serene, yes, yeses), đây đó (dispersedly). (various references) | |
Welsh | am (around, at, because, by, concerning, upon). (various references) | |
Wolof | boori. (various references) | |
Yucatec | uuchul (come about, happen, occur). (various references) | |
Zulu | -enzeka (come about, happen, occur). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | ad, adin, assub, circa, circiter, circum, conciliare, concilio, dê, de, discurre, discurrens, discurrentes, discurrentia, discurrere, discurrerunt, discurrunt, erga, evenerint, evenerit, evenerunt, eveniant, evenient, eveniet, evenire, evenisse, evenissent, evenisset, evenit, eveniunt, eventu, eventum, eventura, eventurum, eventus, fere, ferme, ferme, fere, ferme; fere, gyra, gyrans, gyrantes, gyrat, gyraverunt, gyravit, gyro, in, inter, pro, quasi, sub, super, superque. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | aiwi. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | abutan, be. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Mark Chapter 1, Verse 9 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai egeneto en ekeinaiV taiV hmeraiV hlqen ihsouV apo nazaret thV galilaiaV kai ebaptisqh upo iwannou eiV ton iordanhn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et factum est in diebus illis venit Iesus a Nazareth Galilaeae et baptizatus est in Iordane ab Iohanne |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | On þam dagen com se hælend fram nazareth galilëë. & wæs ge-fullodon Iordane fram Iohanne. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And it was don in tho daies, Jhesus cam fro Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptisid of Joon in Jordan. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And yt came to passe in those dayes that Iesus cam from Nazareth a cyte of Galile: and was baptised of Iohn in Iordan. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth to Galilee, and was baptized by John in Jordan. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And it came about in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was given baptism by John in the Jordan. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Mark Chapter 1, Verse 9 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ug niadtong mga adlawa miabut si Jesus gikan sa Nazaret sa Galilea, ug siya gibautismohan ni Juan sa suba sa Jordan. |
| Croatian | Onih dana doðe Isus iz Nazareta galilejskoga i primi u Jordanu krštenje od Ivana. |
| Danish | Og det skete i de dage, at Jesus kom fra Nazareth i Galilæa og blev døbt af Johannes i Jordan. |
| Dutch | En het geschiedde in diezelfde dagen, dat Jezus kwam van Nazareth, gelegen in Galilea, en werd van Johannes gedoopt in de Jordaan. |
| Finnish | Ja niinä päivinä Jeesus tuli Galilean Nasaretista, ja Johannes kastoi hänet Jordanissa. |
| French | En ce temps-là, Jésus vint de Nazareth en Galilée, et il fut baptisé par Jean dans le Jourdain. |
| Gaelic | Is thachair, gun tainig Iosa anns na laithean sin bho Nasareth Ghalile; agus bhaisteadh e le Eoin ann an abhuinn Iordan. |
| German | Und es begab sich zu der Zeit, daß Jesus aus Galiläa von Nazareth kam und ließ sich taufen von Johannes im Jordan. |
| Hungarian | És lõn azokban a napokban, eljöve Jézus a galileai Názáretbõl, és megkeresztelteték János által a Jordánban. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Pada waktu itu Yesus datang dari Nazaret di daerah Galilea, dan Yohanes membaptis Dia di Sungai Yordan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Pada masa itu datanglah Yesus dari Nazaret di tanah Galilea, lalu Yahya membaptiskan Dia di dalam Sungai Yarden. |
| Maori | ¶ A i aua ra ka haere mai a Ihu i Nahareta o Kariri, ka iriiria e Hoani ki Horano. |
| Norwegian | Og det skjedde i de dager at Jesus kom fra Nasaret i Galilea og blev døpt av Johannes i Jordan; |
| Portuguese | E aconteceu naqueles dias que veio Jesus de Nazaré da Galiléia, e foi batizado por João no Jordão. |
| Rumanian | Kn vremea aceea, a venit Isus din Nazaretul Galileii, wi a fost botezat de Ioan kn Iordan. |
| Shuar | ¶ Juan aentsun imiak pujurainiai, Jesuska Nasarét pepru Kariréa nunkanam ana Nuyá jiinki Juankan tarimiayi. Tura Juan Jurtan entsanam Jesusan imiaimiayi. |
| Swahili | Siku hizo, Yesu alifika kutoka Nazareti, mji wa Galilaya, akabatizwa na Yohane katika mto Yordani. |
| Swedish | Och det hände sig vid den tiden att Jesus kom från Nasaret i Galileen. Och han lät döpa sig i Jordan av Johannes. |
| Uma | ¶ Rala-na ha'eo, Yesus me'ongko' ngkai ngata Nazaret hi tana' Galilea, tumai mpopeniu' hi Yohanes. Yohanes mponiu' -i hi ue Yordan. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "about": gadabout, hereabout, knockabout, layabout, marabout, roundabout, rouseabout, roustabout, runabout, stirabout, thereabout, turnabout, walkabout, whereabout. (additional references) | |
Words containing "about": gadabouts, hereabouts, knockabouts, layabouts, marabouts, roundaboutness, roundaboutnesses, roundabouts, rouseabouts, roustabouts, runabouts, stirabouts, thereabouts, turnabouts, walkabouts, whereabouts. (additional references) | |
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"About" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abait, abaout, abaut, Abbeduto, abbottt, Abboud, abeat, abiet, Abihu, Abiodun, abnout, aboat, Aboo, abood, aboon, aboots, abot, abott, abotu, aboud, aboue, abour, abouta, aboute, abouts, abouty, aboux, abow, abowt, abowte, abrut, Abtot, abug, abuti, abutt, abuy, agout, ahoot, ahout, Albou, albout, Alokut, alout, amoot, anoup, Anouta, aoet, aout, apout, aqbout, aroot, atouts, ayou, Ayoub, Ayouth, Babauta, Dabdoub, Darboux, eboot, Halbouty, Kabou, labout, mabou, mazbout, Pabouche, Rabout, Raboutou, Sabou. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "about" (pronounced ubou"t) |
| 3 | -b ou" t | bout. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-o-t-u" | |
-1 letter: abut, auto, boat, bota, bout, tabu, tuba. | |
-2 letters: abo, bat, boa, bot, but, oat, out, tab, tao, tau, tub, uta. | |
-3 letters: ab, at, ba, bo, ta, to, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-o-t-u" | |
+1 letter: rubato, tabour. | |
+2 letters: abought, autobus, backout, bailout, boatful, bumboat, buoyant, butanol, gunboat, hautboy, outback, outbake, outbark, outbawl, outbeam, outbrag, robusta, rubatos, subatom, tabouli, tabours, tambour, tugboat. | |
+3 letters: abductor, ablution, aboiteau, absolute, abutilon, autobahn, backouts, badmouth, bailouts, blackout, bluecoat, boastful, boatfuls, bouffant, breakout, bumboats, bushgoat, butanols, butanone, gadabout, gunboats, hautbois, hautboys, layabout, lobulate, marabout, obdurate, obituary, obturate, outbacks, outbaked, outbakes, outbarks, outbawls, outbeams, outblaze, outbleat, outboard, outboast, outbrags, outbrave, outbrawl, outbreak, outfable, quotable, quotably, robustas, runabout, saboteur, subabbot, subatoms, subovate, subtaxon, subtopia, subtotal, surfboat, taboulis, taboured, tabourer, tabouret, tamboura, tambours, tugboats, turbocar, turbofan, umbonate. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Historic 12. Quotations: Fiction | 13. Quotations: Non-fiction 14. Quotations: Spoken 15. Quotations: Speeches 16. Usage Frequency | 17. Names: Derived from 18. Names: Company Usage 19. Expressions 20. Expressions: Internet | 21. Translations: Modern 22. Translations: Ancient 23. Bible Trace 24. Derivations | 25. Rhymes 26. Anagrams 27. Bibliography |
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