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We found 46 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word about:
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General (35 matching dictionaries)
- about: Merriam-Webster.com [home, info]
- about: Oxford Dictionaries [home, info]
- about: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
- about: Collins English Dictionary [home, info]
- about: Vocabulary.com [home, info]
- about: Macmillan Dictionary [home, info]
- ABout, About, about, about, about, about, about, about, about: Wordnik [home, info]
- about: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary [home, info]
- about: Wiktionary [home, info]
- about: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
- about: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
- about: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
- About, about: Dictionary.com [home, info]
- about: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
- about: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
- about: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
- about: Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms [home, info]
- AbOUT, About (disambiguation), About (surname), About: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
- about: Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs [home, info]
- About: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
- about: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
- about: Rhymezone [home, info]
- about: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
- about: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
- about: MyWord.info [home, info]
- About: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms [home, info]
- about: Free Dictionary [home, info]
- about: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
- about: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
- about: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
- about: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
- About: UVic Writer's Guide [home, info]
- about: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations [home, info]
Art (2 matching dictionaries)
- About: Epicurus.com Coffee Glossary [home, info]
- About: Eastern Philosophy [home, info]
Business (2 matching dictionaries)
- ABouT: Abbreviations in shipping [home, info]
- about: BusinessDictionary.com [home, info]
Computing (1 matching dictionary)
- about: Encyclopedia [home, info]
Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
- ABOUT: Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary [home, info]
- about: Idioms [home, info]
- About: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy [home, info]
Slang (1 matching dictionary)
- about: Urban Dictionary [home, info]
Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
- About: Search Engine Dictionary [home, info]
- about: SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language [home, info]
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Quick definitions from WordNet (about)
▸ adverb: in the area or vicinity ( "A few spectators standing about")
▸ adverb: all around or on all sides ( "Dirty clothes lying around (or about)")
▸ adverb: in or to a reversed position or direction ( "About face")
▸ adverb: to or among many different places or in no particular direction ( "Wandering about with no place to go")
▸ adverb: (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; `near' is sometimes used informally for `nearly' and `most' is sometimes used informally for `almost' ( "The job is (just) about done")
▸ adverb: in rotation or succession ( "Turn about is fair play")
▸ adverb: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct ( "In just about a minute")
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