about

Adjektiv

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about

Adverb

about

Adverb
  • "The best thing about George Bush..."
  • "I never did like him. There was something about him."
till eller bland många olika platser eller i obestämd riktning
  • "He went about in circles"
  • "He is about here, somewhere in this jungle"
  • "It's somewhere about here"
  • "Even if you have something to boast about..."
  • "They fasten the rope about him"
  • "Do you know anything about it?"
  • Svenska
  • om
all around or on all sides
  • "let's look about for help"
  • "dirty clothes lying around (or about)"
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; (`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")
  • "the car all but ran her down"
  • "the job is (just) about done"

Synonymer

about

Preposition
Vanligast
angående
  • "You couldn't keep silent about this"
  • "It is a story about how Internet email lists can go horribly wrong."
  • "What's that article about?"
Vanlig
i tidsuttryck
  • "about three months ago"
  • "There is something about her, but I can't quite put my finger on it"
  • "He have thrown litter all about the room"
på sig
  • "When I left her she had no money about her"
måttsuttryck; nästan
  • "In about three or four months"
  • "I walked about a mile."
  • "About five o'clock"
  • "About ten feet tall"
  • "There were few people about despite the fact that it was a Sunday."
gråta över
  • "I cry about this"
  • "I wondered what it was about him that made people respond the way they did."
  • "He is angry about it"
  • "Nervous about ordering online?"
  • "Pharmacists can now be enthusiastic about future"
  • "I worry about the future"
  • "I am sorry about your cat"
  • "I cry about nothing"