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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /əˈbaʊ̯t/
  • London: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /əˈbɐʊ̯t/ Canada, Canadian raising
  • /əˈbʌʊ̯t/ Canada, Canadian raising
  • /əˈbɜʊ̯t/ Canada, Canadian raising
  • /əˈbəʊ̯t/ Canada, Canadian raising
  • Ontario: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • British-Columbia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • [əˈbɵu̯t] Nova Scotia
  • Ontario, Southern: [əˈbɛ̈ʊ̯t]
  • Ireland, Virginia: /əˈbɛʊ̯t/
  • /əˈbɛʊ̯/ Local Dublin
  • [əˈbɛʊ̯ʔ] Local Dublin
  • /əˈbæʊ̯t/ Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, Australian, New Zealand
  • /əˈbaːt/ Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
  • Northumbria: /əˈbuːt/
  • rhymes with -aʊt
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 B AW1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Moving around or in motion; astir.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • out and about; up and about
  • After my bout with Guillan-Barre Syndrome, it took me 6 months to be up and about again.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

In existence; being in evidence; apparent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • This idea has been about for a while but has only recently become fashionable.
  • 2006, Great Britain Parliament: House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, Energy: Meeting With Malcolm Wicks MP, Is not this sudden interest in capturing CO2 — and it has been about for a little while — simply another hidey-hole for the government to creep into?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Near; in the vicinity or neighbourhood.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • I had my keys just a minute ago, so they must be about somewhere.
  • Watch out, there's a thief about.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adv

Meaning 4

On all sides, or in every or any direction from a point; around.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • I looked about at the scenery that surrounded me.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adv

Meaning 5

Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Bits of old machinery were lying about.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adv

Meaning 6

From one place or position to another in succession; indicating repeated movement or activity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • walking about; rushing about; jumping about; thrashing about
  • 1769, King James Bible, Oxford Standard text, 1 Timothy, v,13, And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adv

Meaning 7

Indicating unproductive or unstructured activity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • messing about; fooling about; loafing about

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

adv

Meaning 8

Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • It’s about as cold as it was last winter.
  • He owes me about three hundred dollars.
  • Dinner’s about ready.
  • I was so scared, I about fainted.
  • I’ll see you at about 4 o'clock; I'll see you about a year from now.
  • The next conference will be held about a year from now in a venue about six miles from here.
  • 1769, King James Bible, Oxford Standard text, Matthew, xx, 3, And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

adv

Meaning 9

Near; in the vicinity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

adv

Meaning 10

To a reversed order, direction, or condition; half round; in (or to, or from) the opposite direction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • to face about; to turn oneself about

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

adv

Meaning 11

To a reversed order, direction, or condition; half round; in (or to, or from) the opposite direction.

To the opposite tack: see go about.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: nautical, transport

Examples

  • We went about and headed offshore.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

adv

Meaning 12

In succession, one after another.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete, rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

adv

Meaning 13

In rotation or revolution.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete, rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

adv

Meaning 14

In the course of events.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete, possibly

Qualifier: outside set phrases

Examples

  • to bring about, to come about

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

adv

Meaning 15

In circuit or circumference; circularly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, not-comparable

Examples

  • The island was a mile about, and a third of a mile across.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

adv

Meaning 16

By a circuitous way; circuitously.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

prep

Meaning 17

In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of; around.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The snake was coiled about his ankle.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

prep

Meaning 18

Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Rubbish was strewn about the place.
  • The children were running about the room.
  • He was well known about town.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

prep

Meaning 19

Indicates that something will happen very soon; indicates a plan or intention to do something.

See about to.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

prep

Meaning 20

Indicates that something will happen very soon; indicates a plan or intention to do something.

On the point or verge of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dialectal, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

prep

Meaning 21

Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He talked a lot about his childhood.
  • We must do something about this problem.
  • He is very mad about all the pranks.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: apropos, as for

Antonyms: none provided

22

prep

Meaning 22

Concerned or occupied with; engaged in; intent on.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • just going about their business
  • Have you much hay about?
  • “What’s Mary doin'?” “Oh! oo’s about th’ butter.”

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

23

prep

Meaning 23

Within or in the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I can’t find my reading glasses, but they must be somewhere about the house.
  • John’s in the garden, probably somewhere about the woodshed.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

24

prep

Meaning 24

On one’s person; nearby the person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I had no weapon about me but a stick.
  • The policy covers all belongings and other personal things that somebody can carry about them.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

25

prep

Meaning 25

On or near (one's person); attached as an attribute to; in the makeup of, or at the command of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

  • He has his wits about him.
  • There was an air of confidence about the woman.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

26

verb

Meaning 26

To change the course of (a ship) to the other tack; to bring (a ship) about.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncommon

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

27

verb

Meaning 27

To about-face (turn 180 degrees, like a soldier).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: humorous, possibly, uncommon

Examples

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:about.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

28

adverb

Meaning 28

(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: approximately, close to, just about, some, roughly, more or less, around, or so

Antonyms: none provided

29

adverb

Meaning 29

in the area or vicinity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a few spectators standing about
  • hanging around
  • waited around for the next flight

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: around

Antonyms: none provided

30

adverb

Meaning 30

all around or on all sides

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • dirty clothes lying around (or about)
  • let's look about for help
  • There were trees growing all around
  • she looked around her

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: around

Antonyms: none provided

31

adverb

Meaning 31

in or to a reversed position or direction

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • about face
  • suddenly she turned around

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: around

Antonyms: none provided

32

adverb

Meaning 32

used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: around

Antonyms: none provided

33

adverb

Meaning 33

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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
  • I was near exhausted by the run
  • most everyone agrees

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: almost, most, nearly, near, nigh, virtually, well-nigh

Antonyms: none provided

34

adverb

Meaning 34

in rotation or succession

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • turn about is fair play

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *ana- Proto-West Germanic *ana- Old English on-? Proto-Indo-European *h1ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h1épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h1epider. Proto-Indo-European *h1pi Proto-Germanic *bi Proto-West Germanic *bī Proto-West Germanic *bi- Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-West Germanic *ūtō Proto-West Germanic *ūtan Proto-West Germanic *biūtan Old English būtan Old English onbūtan Middle English aboute English about Preposition and adverb from Middle English aboute, abouten, from Old English abūtan, onbūtan, from on (“in, on”) + būtan (“outside of”), itself from be (“by”) + ūtan (“outside”). Cognate with Old Frisian abûta (“outside; except”). Adjective from Middle English about (adverb).

Across languages

Translations

590 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: omkring — on all sides
  • Dutch: rond — on all sides
  • Esperanto: ĉirkaŭe — on all sides
  • Finnish: ympäri — on all sides
  • Finnish: ympärillä — on all sides
  • Finnish: ympärille — on all sides
  • Greek: γύρω (gýro) — on all sides
  • Hebrew: מסביב — on all sides
  • Irish: thart — on all sides
  • Kyrgyz: жөнүндө (jönündö) — on all sides
  • Macedonian: наоколу (naokolu) — on all sides
  • Norwegian: rundt — on all sides
  • Polish: dookoła — on all sides
  • Polish: wokoło — on all sides
  • Polish: wokół — on all sides
  • Portuguese: ao redor — on all sides
  • Portuguese: em volta — on all sides
  • Russian: вокру́г (vokrúg) — on all sides
  • Scottish Gaelic: mun cuairt — on all sides
  • Scottish Gaelic: mu chuairt — on all sides
  • Slovene: okrog — on all sides
  • Spanish: alrededor — on all sides
  • Swedish: runt — on all sides
  • Tamil: சுற்றியும் (cuṟṟiyum) — on all sides
  • Ukrainian: навколо (navkolo) — on all sides
  • Danish: omkring — here and there
  • Dutch: rond- — here and there
  • Esperanto: ĉirkaŭe — here and there
  • Finnish: siellä täällä — here and there
  • Ido: cirkume — here and there
  • Irish: thart — here and there
  • Italian: intorno — here and there
  • Korean: 이곳저곳 (igotjeogot) — here and there
  • Korean: 여기저기 (yeogijeogi) — here and there
  • Macedonian: ваму-таму (vamu-tamu) — here and there
  • Polish: wszędzie — here and there
  • Polish: wokoło — here and there
  • Polish: tu i tam — here and there
  • Polish: tu i ówdzie — here and there
  • Portuguese: por aí — here and there
  • Russian: туда́-сюда́ (tudá-sjudá) — here and there
  • Russian: взад-вперёд (vzad-vperjód) — here and there
  • Scottish Gaelic: mun cuairt — here and there
  • Scottish Gaelic: mu chuairt — here and there
  • Serbo-Croatian: naokolo — here and there
  • Serbo-Croatian: tu i tamo — here and there
  • Spanish: alrededor — here and there
  • Swedish: runt — here and there
  • Tamil: இங்கும் அங்கும் (iṅkum aṅkum) — here and there
  • Tamil: அங்கும் இங்கும் (aṅkum iṅkum) — here and there
  • Arabic: حَوَالِي (ḥawālī) — nearly, approximately
  • Arabic: حوالي (ḥawālī) — nearly, approximately
  • Armenian: մոտ (mot) — nearly, approximately
  • Armenian: մոտավորապես (motavorapes) — nearly, approximately
  • Armenian: համարյա (hamarya) — nearly, approximately
  • Armenian: գրեթե (gretʻe) — nearly, approximately
  • Belarusian: прыблі́зна (pryblízna) — nearly, approximately
  • Belarusian: блі́зка (blízka) — nearly, approximately
  • Bulgarian: около (okolo) — nearly, approximately
  • Bulgarian: приблизително (priblizitelno) — nearly, approximately
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大概 (dàgài) — nearly, approximately
  • Czech: asi — nearly, approximately
  • Czech: přibližně — nearly, approximately
  • Danish: cirka — nearly, approximately
  • Danish: næsten — nearly, approximately
  • Danish: omkring — nearly, approximately
  • Dutch: ongeveer — nearly, approximately
  • Dutch: vrijwel — nearly, approximately
  • Dutch: bijna — nearly, approximately
  • Esperanto: proksimume — nearly, approximately
  • Esperanto: ĉirkaŭ — nearly, approximately
  • Finnish: noin — nearly, approximately
  • Finnish: likimain — nearly, approximately
  • Finnish: suunnilleen — nearly, approximately
  • French: environ — nearly, approximately
  • German: etwa — nearly, approximately
  • German: ungefähr — nearly, approximately
  • Greek: σχεδόν (schedón) — nearly, approximately
  • Hebrew: בערך — nearly, approximately
  • Hungarian: körülbelül — nearly, approximately
  • Hunsrik: ungefäer — nearly, approximately
  • Icelandic: næstum því — nearly, approximately
  • Ido: proxime — nearly, approximately
  • Ido: cirkume — nearly, approximately
  • Japanese: およそ (oyoso) — nearly, approximately
  • Japanese: 約 (yaku) — nearly, approximately
  • Japanese: 大略 (tairyaku) — nearly, approximately
  • Khmer: ប្រហែល (prɑɑhael) — nearly, approximately
  • Korean: 쯤 (jjeum) — nearly, approximately
  • Korean: 대략 (daeryak) — nearly, approximately
  • Korean: 약 (yak) — nearly, approximately
  • Korean: 경 (gyeong) — nearly, approximately
  • Latin: circiter — nearly, approximately
  • Latvian: aptuveni — nearly, approximately
  • Latvian: apmēram — nearly, approximately
  • Macedonian: речиси (rečisi) — nearly, approximately
  • Malayalam: ഏതാണ്ട് (ētāṇṭŭ) — nearly, approximately
  • Eastern Mari: иктаж (iktaž) — nearly, approximately
  • Norwegian: nesten — nearly, approximately
  • Old English: hūhwega — nearly, approximately
  • Old English: nēah — nearly, approximately
  • Plautdietsch: onjefäa — nearly, approximately
  • Polish: około — nearly, approximately
  • Polish: niemal — nearly, approximately
  • Polish: prawie — nearly, approximately
  • Portuguese: aproximadamente — nearly, approximately
  • Portuguese: cerca de — nearly, approximately
  • Portuguese: mais ou menos — nearly, approximately
  • Romanian: cam — nearly, approximately
  • Russian: приме́рно (primérno) — nearly, approximately
  • Russian: приблизи́тельно (priblizítelʹno) — nearly, approximately
  • Russian: о́коло (ókolo) — nearly, approximately
  • Russian: почти́ (počtí) — nearly, approximately
  • Serbo-Croatian: oko — nearly, approximately
  • Serbo-Croatian: približno — nearly, approximately
  • Serbo-Croatian: otprilike — nearly, approximately
  • Slovak: asi — nearly, approximately
  • Slovak: približne — nearly, approximately
  • Slovene: približno — nearly, approximately
  • Slovene: okoli — nearly, approximately
  • Spanish: alrededor de — nearly, approximately
  • Spanish: unos — nearly, approximately
  • Spanish: rondar — nearly, approximately
  • Swahili: kadiri ya — nearly, approximately
  • Swedish: ungefär — nearly, approximately
  • Swedish: nästan — nearly, approximately
  • Tamil: சுமார் (cumār) — nearly, approximately
  • Turkish: yaklaşık — nearly, approximately
  • Ukrainian: прибли́зно (pryblýzno) — nearly, approximately
  • Ukrainian: бли́зько (blýzʹko) — nearly, approximately
  • Ukrainian: ко́ло (kólo) — nearly, approximately
  • Vietnamese: khoảng — nearly, approximately
  • Vietnamese: chừng — nearly, approximately
  • Vietnamese: cỡ — nearly, approximately
  • Vietnamese: độ — nearly, approximately
  • Volapük: za — nearly, approximately
  • Dutch: nabij — near; in the vicinity
  • Dutch: dichtbij — near; in the vicinity
  • Finnish: lähellä — near; in the vicinity
  • Old English: nēah — near; in the vicinity
  • Serbo-Croatian: približno — near; in the vicinity
  • Spanish: alrededor de — near; in the vicinity
  • Danish: omkring — to a reversed order, or opposite direction
  • Dutch: om- — to a reversed order, or opposite direction
  • Dutch: in tegenovergestelde richting — to a reversed order, or opposite direction
  • Esperanto: returnen — to a reversed order, or opposite direction
  • Finnish: ympäri — to a reversed order, or opposite direction
  • Korean: 거꾸로 (geokkuro) — to a reversed order, or opposite direction
  • Macedonian: о́братно (óbratno) — to a reversed order, or opposite direction
  • Old English: wiþersīnes — to a reversed order, or opposite direction
  • Polish: wstecz — to a reversed order, or opposite direction
  • Russian: обра́тно (obrátno) — to a reversed order, or opposite direction
  • Slovene: o — to a reversed order, or opposite direction
  • Tamil: சுற்று (cuṟṟu) — to a reversed order, or opposite direction
  • Dutch: overstag — nautical: to the opposite tack
  • Finnish: toiselle halssille — nautical: to the opposite tack
  • Tamil: திரும்பு (tirumpu) — nautical: to the opposite tack
  • Dutch: afwisselend — in succession; one after another
  • Dutch: beurtelings — in succession; one after another
  • Finnish: peräkkäin — in succession; one after another
  • Finnish: peräkanaa — in succession; one after another
  • Finnish: peräjälkeen — in succession; one after another
  • Russian: подря́д (podrjád) — in succession; one after another
  • Tamil: தொடர் (toṭar) — in succession; one after another
  • Danish: i omkreds — in circuit
  • Dutch: rond — in circuit
  • Esperanto: ĉirkaŭe — in circuit
  • Finnish: ympäri — in circuit
  • Greek: γύρω (gýro) — in circuit
  • Hebrew: מסביב — in circuit
  • Ido: cirkume — in circuit
  • Korean: 둥글게 (dunggeulge) — in circuit
  • Macedonian: околу (okolu) — in circuit
  • Norwegian: rundt — in circuit
  • Polish: wkoło — in circuit
  • Portuguese: ao redor — in circuit
  • Scottish Gaelic: mun cuairt — in circuit
  • Scottish Gaelic: mu chuairt — in circuit
  • Spanish: alrededor — in circuit
  • Swedish: runt — in circuit
  • Tamil: சுற்று (cuṟṟu) — in circuit
  • Arabic: حَوْلَ (ḥawla) — on every side of
  • Arabic: حولين (ḥawalḗn) — on every side of
  • Armenian: շուրջ (šurǰ) — on every side of
  • Azerbaijani: yanında — on every side of
  • Azerbaijani: ətrafında — on every side of
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大概 (dàgài) — on every side of
  • Chinese Mandarin: 約 /约 (yuē) — on every side of
  • Czech: kolem — on every side of
  • Czech: okolo — on every side of
  • Danish: om — on every side of
  • Danish: omkring — on every side of
  • Danish: rundt om — on every side of
  • Dutch: om — on every side of
  • Dutch: rond — on every side of
  • Dutch: rondom — on every side of
  • Dutch: eromheen — on every side of
  • Esperanto: ĉirkaŭ — on every side of
  • Finnish: ympärillä — on every side of
  • French: autour de — on every side of
  • Georgian: გარშემო (garšemo) — on every side of
  • German: um... (herum) — on every side of
  • Greek: γύρω από (gýro apó) — on every side of
  • Ancient Greek: περί (perí) — on every side of
  • Ancient Greek: ἀμφί (amphí) — on every side of
  • Hebrew: סביב (savív) — on every side of
  • Indonesian: sekitar — on every side of
  • Indonesian: sekeliling — on every side of
  • Irish: timpeall — on every side of
  • Irish: um — on every side of
  • Italian: intorno — on every side of
  • Italian: attorno — on every side of
  • Japanese: ...の辺りで (... no atari de) — on every side of
  • Japanese: ...の辺りに (... no atari ni) — on every side of
  • Japanese: ...の周辺で (... no shuhen de) — on every side of
  • Japanese: ...の周辺に (... no shuhen ni) — on every side of
  • Northern Kurdish: dorî — on every side of
  • Kyrgyz: жөнүндө (jönündö) — on every side of
  • Kyrgyz: жанында (janında) — on every side of
  • Kyrgyz: жакын (jakın) — on every side of
  • Latvian: apkārt — on every side of
  • Macedonian: околу (okolu) — on every side of
  • Maltese: madwar — on every side of
  • Mòcheno: um — on every side of
  • Norwegian: rundt — on every side of
  • Norwegian: omkring — on every side of
  • Old English: ymb — on every side of
  • Persian: پیرامون — on every side of
  • Polish: dookoła — on every side of
  • Polish: wokoło — on every side of
  • Polish: wokół — on every side of
  • Portuguese: ao redor de — on every side of
  • Portuguese: nas redondezas de — on every side of
  • Russian: круго́м (krugóm) — on every side of
  • Russian: вокру́г (vokrúg) — on every side of
  • Russian: повсю́ду (povsjúdu) — on every side of
  • Northern Sami: birra — on every side of
  • Scots: aboot — on every side of
  • Scottish Gaelic: mun cuairt — on every side of
  • Scottish Gaelic: mu chuairt — on every side of
  • Serbo-Croatian: naokolo — on every side of
  • Serbo-Croatian: posvuda — on every side of
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̏ко — on every side of
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȍko — on every side of
  • Slovak: okolo — on every side of
  • Slovene: okoli — on every side of
  • Slovene: okrog — on every side of
  • Lower Sorbian: wokoło — on every side of
  • Spanish: alrededor de — on every side of
  • Spanish: por — on every side of
  • Swedish: om — on every side of
  • Swedish: runt — on every side of
  • Swedish: omkring — on every side of
  • Tamil: சுற்றி (cuṟṟi) — on every side of
  • Turkish: etrafında — on every side of
  • Turkish: çevresinde — on every side of
  • Turkish: çepeçevre — on every side of
  • Ukrainian: навкруги (navkruhy) — on every side of
  • Azerbaijani: ətrafında — over or upon different parts of
  • Danish: omkring — over or upon different parts of
  • Danish: rundt om — over or upon different parts of
  • Dutch: rond — over or upon different parts of
  • Esperanto: ĉirkaŭ — over or upon different parts of
  • Esperanto: ĉirkaŭe en — over or upon different parts of
  • Esperanto: tra — over or upon different parts of
  • Finnish: -ssa — over or upon different parts of
  • Finnish: -ssä — over or upon different parts of
  • Finnish: paikkeilla — over or upon different parts of
  • Finnish: vaiheilla — over or upon different parts of
  • French: au-dessus de — over or upon different parts of
  • French: par-dessus — over or upon different parts of
  • German: über — over or upon different parts of
  • Hebrew: על — over or upon different parts of
  • Hebrew: מעל (meál) — over or upon different parts of
  • Northern Kurdish: dorî — over or upon different parts of
  • Latvian: pa — over or upon different parts of
  • Latvian: apkārt — over or upon different parts of
  • Macedonian: наоколу (naokolu) — over or upon different parts of
  • Norwegian: rundt — over or upon different parts of
  • Polish: ponad — over or upon different parts of
  • Portuguese: por — over or upon different parts of
  • Russian: по (po) — over or upon different parts of
  • Scottish Gaelic: mun cuairt — over or upon different parts of
  • Scottish Gaelic: mu chuairt — over or upon different parts of
  • Serbo-Croatian: po — over or upon different parts of
  • Slovak: okolo — over or upon different parts of
  • Spanish: encima de — over or upon different parts of
  • Swedish: omkring — over or upon different parts of
  • Swedish: runt om — over or upon different parts of
  • Tamil: சுற்றி (cuṟṟi) — over or upon different parts of
  • Turkish: tarafta — over or upon different parts of
  • Turkish: etrafında — over or upon different parts of
  • Turkish: çevresinde — over or upon different parts of
  • Turkish: hakkında — over or upon different parts of
  • Asturian: a puntu de — on the point or verge of
  • Catalan: a punt de — on the point or verge of
  • Chinese Mandarin: 即將 /即将 (jíjiāng) — on the point or verge of
  • Danish: til — on the point or verge of
  • Danish: på vej til — on the point or verge of
  • Dutch: op het punt staan — on the point or verge of
  • Esperanto: -ota — on the point or verge of
  • Finnish: lähellä — on the point or verge of
  • Finnish: vähällä — on the point or verge of
  • Finnish: aikeissa — on the point or verge of
  • French: sur le point — on the point or verge of
  • Galician: a punto de — on the point or verge of
  • German: bereit zu — on the point or verge of
  • Hebrew: עמד ל... — on the point or verge of
  • Hindi: -नेवाला (-nevālā) — on the point or verge of
  • Indonesian: hampir — on the point or verge of
  • Indonesian: akan — on the point or verge of
  • Irish: ar tí — on the point or verge of
  • Italian: stare per — on the point or verge of
  • Japanese: ところ (tokoro) — on the point or verge of
  • Northern Kurdish: teqrîben — on the point or verge of
  • Latin: futurus sum — on the point or verge of
  • Latin: iturus sum — on the point or verge of
  • Latvian: tūlīt — on the point or verge of
  • Latvian: tūliņ — on the point or verge of
  • Latvian: tikpat kā — on the point or verge of
  • Macedonian: само што не (samo što ne) — on the point or verge of
  • Macedonian: штотуку не (štotuku ne) — on the point or verge of
  • Norwegian: på veg til — on the point or verge of
  • Portuguese: prestes a — on the point or verge of
  • Russian: гото́в (gotóv) — on the point or verge of
  • Slovene: o — on the point or verge of
  • Spanish: a punto de — on the point or verge of
  • Swedish: på väg att — on the point or verge of
  • Tamil: விளிம்பில் (viḷimpil) — on the point or verge of
  • Vietnamese: sắp — on the point or verge of
  • Albanian: për — concerning
  • Arabic: عَن (ʕan) — concerning
  • Arabic: عن (ʕan) — concerning
  • Armenian: մասին (masin) — concerning
  • Asturian: de — concerning
  • Azerbaijani: haqqında — concerning
  • Azerbaijani: barədə — concerning
  • Bashkir: тураһында (turahında) — concerning
  • Bashkir: хаҡында (xaqında) — concerning
  • Bashkir: турала (turala) — concerning
  • Basque: buruzko — concerning
  • Belarusian: пра (pra) — concerning
  • Belarusian: аб (ab) — concerning
  • Bengali: সম্বন্ধে (śombondhe) — concerning
  • Bengali: নিয়ে (niẏe) — concerning
  • Bulgarian: отно́сно (otnósno) — concerning
  • Bulgarian: за (za) — concerning
  • Catalan: sobre — concerning
  • Catalan: de — concerning
  • Chinese Mandarin: 關於 /关于 (guānyú) — concerning
  • Chinese Mandarin: 對於 /对于 (duìyú) — concerning
  • Ngazidja Comorian: uhusu — concerning
  • Czech: o — concerning
  • Danish: om — concerning
  • Danish: vedrørende — concerning
  • Danish: angående — concerning
  • Dutch: over — concerning
  • Dutch: in verband met — concerning
  • Esperanto: pri — concerning
  • Finnish: -sta — concerning
  • Finnish: -stä — concerning
  • Finnish: olla kyse — concerning
  • Finnish: olla kysymys — concerning
  • French: de — concerning
  • French: sur — concerning
  • French: au sujet de — concerning
  • French: à propos de — concerning
  • Galician: sobre — concerning
  • Galician: acerca de — concerning
  • Galician: de — concerning
  • Georgian: -ზე (-ze) — concerning
  • German: über — concerning
  • Greek: για (gia) — concerning
  • Greek: περί (perí) — concerning
  • Ancient Greek: περί (perí) — concerning
  • Hebrew: על (al) — concerning
  • Hebrew: על אודות (al odót) — concerning
  • Hebrew: אודות (odót) — concerning
  • Hindi: के बारे (ke bāre) — concerning
  • Hungarian: -ról — concerning
  • Hungarian: -ről — concerning
  • Icelandic: um — concerning
  • Ido: pri — concerning
  • Indonesian: tentang — concerning
  • Italian: riguardo — concerning
  • Italian: su — concerning
  • Japanese: ...について(の) — concerning
  • Kazakh: туралы (turaly) — concerning
  • Kazakh: турасында (turasynda) — concerning
  • Kazakh: жайында (jaiynda) — concerning
  • Kazakh: жөнінде (jönınde) — concerning
  • Kazakh: хақында (xaqynda) — concerning
  • Khmer: ពី (pii) — concerning
  • Khmer: អំពី (ʼɑmpii) — concerning
  • Korean: ~에 대한 — concerning
  • Korean: ~에 대해 — concerning
  • Korean: ~에 관한 — concerning
  • Korean: ~에 관해 — concerning
  • Lao: ກ່ຽວກັບ (kiāu kap) — concerning
  • Latin: de — concerning
  • Latin: super — concerning
  • Latvian: par — concerning
  • Lithuanian: apie — concerning
  • Luxembourgish: iwwer — concerning
  • Macedonian: за (za) — concerning
  • Macedonian: околу (okolu) — concerning
  • Malay: تنتڠ — concerning
  • Malay: مڠناءي — concerning
  • Malay: برکاءيتن دڠن — concerning
  • Malay: برکناءن دڠن — concerning
  • Malay: دريحال — concerning
  • Malay: tentang — concerning
  • Malay: mengenai — concerning
  • Malay: berkaitan dengan — concerning
  • Malay: berkenaan dengan — concerning
  • Malay: darihal — concerning
  • Malayalam: കുറിച്ച് (kuṟiccŭ) — concerning
  • Malayalam: പറ്റി (paṟṟi) — concerning
  • Maltese: dwar — concerning
  • Norwegian: om — concerning
  • Norwegian: angående — concerning
  • Occitan: subre — concerning
  • Old English: be — concerning
  • Persian: دربارهٔ (darbâre-ye) — concerning
  • Persian: راجع به (râje' be) — concerning
  • Persian: در مورد (dar mored-e) — concerning
  • Persian: درباب — concerning
  • Polish: o — concerning
  • Portuguese: sobre — concerning
  • Portuguese: acerca de — concerning
  • Romanian: despre — concerning
  • Russian: о (o) — concerning
  • Russian: об (ob) — concerning
  • Russian: про (pro) — concerning
  • Russian: насчёт (nasčót) — concerning
  • Northern Sami: birra — concerning
  • Scottish Gaelic: mu dheidhinn — concerning
  • Serbo-Croatian: o — concerning
  • Serbo-Croatian: о — concerning
  • Serbo-Croatian: u vezi s — concerning
  • Slovak: o — concerning
  • Slovene: o — concerning
  • Lower Sorbian: wó — concerning
  • Spanish: sobre — concerning
  • Spanish: acerca de — concerning
  • Spanish: de — concerning
  • Spanish: a propósito de — concerning
  • Spanish: por — concerning
  • Spanish: con lo de — concerning
  • Spanish: sobre lo de — concerning
  • Spanish: al respecto — concerning
  • Swahili: kuhusu — concerning
  • Swedish: om — concerning
  • Swedish: angående — concerning
  • Tagalog: tungkol sa — concerning
  • Tamil: பற்றி (paṟṟi) — concerning
  • Tamil: குறித்து (kuṟittu) — concerning
  • Thai: เรื่อง (rʉ̂ʉang) — concerning
  • Thai: เกี่ยวกับ (gìao-gàp) — concerning
  • Tibetan: སྐོར (skor) — concerning
  • Tibetan: དབང་དུ་ཤོར་ན (dbang du shor na) — concerning
  • Ukrainian: про (pro) — concerning
  • Urdu: بارے میں (bāre mẽ) — concerning
  • Urdu: متعلق (mutāliq) — concerning
  • Urdu: بابت (bābat) — concerning
  • Urdu: در بارہ (dar-bāra) — concerning
  • Urdu: باب میں (bāb mẽ) — concerning
  • Urdu: در باب (dar-bāb) — concerning
  • Urdu: سلسلہ (silsila) — concerning
  • Urdu: راجع (rāje) — concerning
  • Urdu: نسبت (nisbat) — concerning
  • Urdu: مورد (morid) — concerning
  • Uzbek: haqida — concerning
  • Vietnamese: về — concerning
  • Volapük: dö — concerning
  • Volapük: tefü — concerning
  • Welsh: am — concerning
  • Yiddish: וועגן (vegn) — concerning
  • Zulu: nga- — concerning
  • Arabic: عَن (ʕan) — concerned with, engaged in
  • Arabic: عن (ʕan) — concerned with, engaged in
  • Armenian: մասին (masin) — concerned with, engaged in
  • Assamese: -অৰ কথা (-or kotha) — concerned with, engaged in
  • Assamese: -অৰ বিষয়ে (-or bixoye) — concerned with, engaged in
  • Asturian: sobre — concerned with, engaged in
  • Catalan: sobre — concerned with, engaged in
  • Chinese Mandarin: 關於 /关于 (guānyú) — concerned with, engaged in
  • Chinese Mandarin: 對於 /对于 (duìyú) — concerned with, engaged in
  • Danish: om — concerned with, engaged in
  • Dutch: over — concerned with, engaged in
  • Dutch: aangaande — concerned with, engaged in
  • Dutch: betreffende — concerned with, engaged in
  • Esperanto: pri — concerned with, engaged in
  • Finnish: hoitaa — concerned with, engaged in
  • French: au sujet (de) — concerned with, engaged in
  • French: à propos (de) — concerned with, engaged in
  • Galician: sobre — concerned with, engaged in
  • Galician: acerca de — concerned with, engaged in
  • German: über — concerned with, engaged in
  • German: von — concerned with, engaged in
  • Hebrew: על — concerned with, engaged in
  • Hindi: ... के बारे में (... ke bāre mẽ) — concerned with, engaged in
  • Ido: pri — concerned with, engaged in
  • Indonesian: tentang — concerned with, engaged in
  • Indonesian: mengenai — concerned with, engaged in
  • Italian: riguardando — concerned with, engaged in
  • Italian: su — concerned with, engaged in
  • Italian: riguardo — concerned with, engaged in
  • Japanese: ...に関して (...ni kanshite) — concerned with, engaged in
  • Japanese: ...について (...ni tsuite) — concerned with, engaged in
  • Khmer: ពី (pii) — concerned with, engaged in
  • Khmer: អំពី (ʼɑmpii) — concerned with, engaged in
  • Northern Kurdish: nêzî — concerned with, engaged in
  • Latin: in — concerned with, engaged in
  • Latin: de — concerned with, engaged in
  • Latvian: par — concerned with, engaged in
  • Macedonian: за (za) — concerned with, engaged in
  • Macedonian: околу (okolu) — concerned with, engaged in
  • Maltese: dwar — concerned with, engaged in
  • Norwegian: om — concerned with, engaged in
  • Pennsylvania German: deswegge, dewegge — concerned with, engaged in
  • Persian: نزد (nazd) — concerned with, engaged in
  • Portuguese: preocupado/lidando com — concerned with, engaged in
  • Russian: о (o) — concerned with, engaged in
  • Russian: про (pro) — concerned with, engaged in
  • Scottish Gaelic: mu dheidhinn — concerned with, engaged in
  • Slovene: o — concerned with, engaged in
  • Spanish: sobre — concerned with, engaged in
  • Spanish: acerca de — concerned with, engaged in
  • Spanish: a propósito de — concerned with, engaged in
  • Swahili: kuhusu — concerned with, engaged in
  • Swedish: om — concerned with, engaged in
  • Ukrainian: про (pro) — concerned with, engaged in
  • Urdu: ... کے بارے میں (... ke bāre mẽ) — concerned with, engaged in
  • Armenian: մոտ (mot) — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Azerbaijani: yanında — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Azerbaijani: yaxınlığında — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Danish: på — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Dutch: omheen — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Dutch: bij — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Dutch: in de buurt — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Esperanto: ĉirkaŭ — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Esperanto: kun — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Finnish: lähellä — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Finnish: läheisyydessä — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Finnish: vieressä — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • French: aux environs de — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Hebrew: באזור — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Hebrew: בסביבת — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Hindi: के बग़ल में (ke baġal mẽ) — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Hindi: के पास (ke pās) — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Hindi: के नज़दीक (ke nazdīk) — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Ido: proxim — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Irish: i dtrátha — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Italian: vicino — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Northern Kurdish: dorî — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Latvian: pie — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Macedonian: близу (blizu) — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Māori: āhua — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Māori: tata ki te .... — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Māori: āwhiwhi ki te ... — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Norwegian: rundt — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Persian: در اطراف — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Polish: przy — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Portuguese: perto — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Romanian: lângă — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Russian: ря́дом (rjádom) — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Russian: побли́зости (poblízosti) — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Russian: недалеко́ (nedalekó) — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Scottish Gaelic: mun cuairt — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Scottish Gaelic: mu chuairt — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Slovak: pri — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Spanish: cerca de — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Swedish: på — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Tamil: அருகாமை (arukāmai) — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Tamil: அருகில் (arukil) — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Tamil: -இல் (-il) — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Ukrainian: поряд (porjad) — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Ukrainian: коло (kolo) — in the immediate neighborhood of
  • Azerbaijani: yanında — on one's person; nearby the person
  • Bashkir: янында (yanında) — on one's person; nearby the person
  • Danish: med — on one's person; nearby the person
  • Dutch: bij — on one's person; nearby the person
  • Dutch: in de buurt van — on one's person; nearby the person
  • Finnish: mukana — on one's person; nearby the person
  • Russian: на (na) — on one's person; nearby the person
  • Russian: у (u) — on one's person; nearby the person
  • Slovak: pri — on one's person; nearby the person
  • Portuguese: em — in or near, as in mental faculties or in possession of
  • Tamil: உள் (uḷ) — in or near, as in mental faculties or in possession of
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