1. (

• about ,
• astir

) on the move; "up and about"; "the whole town was astir over the incident" ;

1. (

• approximately ,
• about ,
• close_to ,
• just_about ,
• some ,
• roughly ,
• more_or_less ,
• around ,
• or_so

) (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" ;

2. (

• about ,
• around ,

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

3. (

• about ,
• around ,

) in the area or vicinity; "a few spectators standing about"; "hanging around"; "waited around for the next flight" ;

4. (

• about ,
• around ,

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

5. (

• about ,
• around ,

) in or to a reversed position or direction; "about face"; "suddenly she turned around" ;

6. (

• about ,

) in rotation or succession; "turn about is fair play" ;

7. (

• about ,
• almost ,
• most ,
• nearly ,
• near ,
• nigh ,
• virtually ,
• well-nigh

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