Just About

Definition: Just About

Just About

Adverb

1. (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").

2. (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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Just About

Crosswords: Just About

Morgan, this crop stuff is just about a bunch of nerds who never had a girlfriend their lives (Signs; writing credit: M. Night Shyamalan)

Could've said just about anything, couldn't I (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

Neddy, I've had just about all I can take of Homer Simpson's torso (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

We were just about to have some cheese (Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave; writing credit: Bob Baker; Nick Park)

yadoodlesI attend class today just about stayed the whole time too (Van Wilder; writing credit: Brent Goldberg; David Wagner)

They say you got to stay hungry hey baby I'm just about starving tonight (DANCING IN THE DARK; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen)

When everybody loves you, son, that's just about as (Mr. Jones; performing artist: Counting Crows)

Oo, I heard it through the grapevine, and I'm just about to lose my mind (I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE; performing artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival)

Just about to call up the DA man (Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress); performing artist: Hollies)

And I'm just about to lose my mind ("I Heard It Through the Grapevine"; performing artist: Marvin Gaye)

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Books

• How to Fix Just About Everything: More That 550 Step-By-Step Instructions for Everything from Fixing a Faucet to Removing Mystery Stains to Curing a (reference)

• The Official Ebay Guide to Buying, Selling and Collecting Just About Anything (reference)

• How to Simply Cut Hair Even Better: An Advanced Step by Step Guide to the Six Basic Haircuts That Can Be Combined or Altered to Create Just About an (reference)

• Stuff Guys Need to Know: How to Do Just About Everything (reference)

• Instant Gratification: No-Hassle Desserts in Just About No Time (reference)

  (more book examples)

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The crane lowers the first section into place, it is just about to be dropped into the notched dam. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Diffuse knapweed just about go under and perhaps attached to the vehicle in the Lower John Day River area. Credit: Jerry Asher.

The Stockholders' Meetin' takes place in just about one hour --. Credit: Library of Congress.

I'll give him just about a week to live -- unless they cut that noise!. Credit: Library of Congress.

It's just about time!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Don's tires are just about finished. He realizes something must be done. But how?. Credit: Library of Congress.

Metropolitan movies. "Mopey Dick and the Duke. What we don't know about gardening, Mopey, would just about fill a window box.". Credit: Library of Congress.

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Jean Valjean felt like a man who is just about to faint

That just about fills us.

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Health

If you have allergies, you're probably well aware that the sneezin' season is upon us.� During the warm weather months, pollen from trees, weeds, and grasses fills the air and finds its way into the noses and throats of just about everyone. (references)

Business

End-users in banking sector are just about everyone, except a small percentage of the population that is considered “un-bankable” (in terms of formal, “traditional” banking). (references)

Economic History

India

Rural India's contribution is just about 54.7 per cent of total LIC's policies. (references)

Austria

Just about every imaginable distribution channel is available in Austria, including traditional wholesale distribution and retailing, catalog and e-commerce channels, direct marketing methods, franchising, joint ventures and other licensing agreements. (references)

Travel

Ukraine

Train travel is the least expensive and most convenient method to reach just about any location in Ukraine. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "just about": just about here. Additional references.

Chinese 

差點�' (almost; just about to), 不大離�' (just about right, not bad, pretty close). (various references)

Finnish

olin juuri menossa ulos (I was just about to go out), aioin juuri lähteä (I was just about to leave). (various references)

French

� peu près. (various references)

German

so etwa, in etwa (approximately, just), fast (all but, almost, most, near, nearly, peradventure, virtually). (various references)

Greek 

κάπωσ (rather, somehow, somewhat), κάπου (some place, someplace, somewhere), σχεδόν (all but, almost, as good as, close on, near, nearly, nigh, practically, thereabout, thereabouts, virtually, well nigh). (various references)

Hungarian

körülbelül így van (it's just about it), körülbelül így is van (it's just about it). (various references)

Italian

circa (about, approximately, concerning, more or less, on, or so, round, some, someplace, somewhere). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

何も彼も (anything and everything, just about everything), 何もかも (anything and everything, just about everything), 出掛け (about to start out, just about to leave or go out), 出掛 (about to start out, just about to leave or go out). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

なにもかも (anything and everything, just about everything), でがけ (about to start out, just about to leave or go out). (various references)

Pig Latin

ustjay aboutay.(various references)

Portuguese

quase (about, all but, almost, approximately, half, half-way, just, much, near, nearly, next to, nigh, quasi, well-nigh). (various references)

Romanian

cât pe ce (close, near, nearly, nigh), aproape (about, afar, all but, almost, anigh, approximately, as good as, at one's elbow, at the point of, close, close by, close upon, far, far away, hard, immediately, little or nothing, near, near by, nearby, nearly, neighbor, neighbour, nigh, remotely, some, soon, thereabouts). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

skoro (about, almost, just, nearly, newly, practically, recently, soon, well nigh), gotovo (lich-gate, passing). (various references)

Spanish

aproximadamente (about, approximately, around, loosely, on the order of, rough, roughly, some, thereabouts). (various references)

Turkish

yaklaşık (about, approximate, approximative, circa, proximate, rough, some, well nigh), neredeyse (all but, almost, ere long, in any moment, little less than, nearly, next door to, next to, practically, pretty much, soon, well nigh, within an ace of doing), epeyce (fairly, goodly, pretty, quite a few), az kalsın (all but, almost, by a hairbreadth, by a hair's breadth, just, nearly, within an ace of doing), aşağı yukarı (about, approximately, approximative, around, circa, close on, in the neighborhood of, in the neighbourhood of, in the rough, more or less, nigh, pretty much, rough, roughly, roundly, some, something like, sub-, thereabout, to and fro, tolerably). (various references)

Ukrainian

майже (about, all but, almost, anear, approximately, as good as, but, half, hard upon, much, near, nearby, nearly, next door to, next to, nigh, nighly, practically, quasi, quite, well nigh, within), приблизно (about, approximately, around, in the rough, more or less, or so, rough, some, something). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: autobus, outjuts.

-3 letters: ausubo, bututs, jabots, outjut, outsat.

-4 letters: about, abuts, autos, batts, battu, boast, boats, botas, botts, bouts, butts, butut, jabot, jatos, jotas, joust, jubas, sabot, sajou, stoat, stout, sutta, tabus, tauts, toast, touts, tsuba, tubas, tutus.

-5 letters: abos, abut, auto, bast, bats, batt, boas, boat, bota, bots, bott, bout, bust, buts, butt.