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      about
      verb
      (nautical, uncommon) To change the course of (a ship) to the other tack; to bring (a ship) about.
      (uncommon, possibly humorous) To about-face (turn 180 degrees, like a soldier).
      adjective
      In existence; being in evidence; apparent.
      Near; in the vicinity or neighbourhood.
      Moving around or in motion; astir.
      adverb
      Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost.
      On all sides, or in every or any direction from a point; around.
      Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down.
      From one place or position to another in succession; indicating repeated movement or activity.
      Near; in the vicinity.
      Indicating unproductive or unstructured activity.
      To a reversed order, direction, or condition; half round; in (or to, or from) the opposite direction.
      (nautical) To the opposite tack: see go about.
      (obsolete or rare) In succession, one after another.
      (obsolete or rare) In rotation or revolution.
      (possibly obsolete, outside set phrases) In the course of events.
      (archaic) In circuit or circumference; circularly.
      (archaic) By a circuitous way; circuitously.
      Synonyms for about
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