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Important derivatives are: out, utmost, carouse, outlaw, utter1, utter2, but, about, ersatz, hubris.
1.
a.out; utmost, from Old English t, out;
b.carouse; auslander, from Old High German z, out;
c.outlaw, from Old Norse t, out;
d.uitlander, from Middle Dutch ute, uut, out;
e.utter1, from Middle Low German t, out;
f.utter2, from Old English tera, outer, from Germanic suffixed (comparative) form *t-era-;
g.but; about, from Old English btan, bte, outside (adverb), from Germanic compound *bi-tana, “at the outside” (*bi-, by,
at; see ambhi). a, b, c, d, e, f, and g all from Germanic *t-, out.
2.Extended form *uds.
a.ersatz, from Old High German irsezzan, to replace, from ir-, out;
b.ort, from Middle Dutch oor, out;
c.(see dail-) Germanic *uz-dailjam, “a portioning out,” judgment;
d.Ursprache, from Old High German ur-, out of, original. a, b, c, and d all from Germanic *uz, *uz-, out.
3.Suffixed (comparative) form *ud-tero-. hysteresis, hysteron proteron, from Greek husteros, later, second, after.
4.hubris, from Greek compound hubris, violence, outrage, insolence (bri-, perhaps “heavy,” “violent”; see gwer-1), from hu-.
5.vigorish, from Russian vy-, out.
[Pokorny d- 1103.]
Pronunciation Key
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition
Copyright © 1996, 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
a·bout (-bout)
adv. Abbr. a., ab., abt.
1.Approximately; nearly: The interview lasted about an hour.
2.Almost: The job is about done.
3.To a reversed position or direction: Turn about and walk away slowly.
4.In no particular direction: wandering about with no place to go.
5.All around; on every side: Let's look about for help.
6.In the area or vicinity; near: spoke to a few spectators standing about.
7.In succession; one after another: Turn about is fair play.
prep.
1.On all sides of; surrounding: I found an English garden all about me.
2.In the vicinity of; around: explored the rivers and streams about the estate.
3.Almost the same as; close to; near.
4.
a.In reference to; relating to; concerned with: a book about snakes; objectivitya part of what biography is about.
b.In the act or process of: While you're about it, please clean your room.
5.In the possession or innate character of: Keep your wits about you.
6.
a.Ready or prepared to do something: The chorus is about to sing.
b.Usage Problem. Used with a negative to indicate strong intention: I am not about to concede the point.
adj.
1.Moving here and there; astir: The patient is up and about.
2.Being in evidence or existence: Rumors are about concerning his resignation.
[Middle English from Old English onbtan: on, in; see on + btan, outside; see ud- in Indo-European Roots.]
Usage Note: The construction not about to is often used to express determination: We are not about to negotiate with terrorists. A
majority of the Usage Panel considers this usage acceptable in speech but not in formal writing. · About is traditionally used to refer to the
relation between a narrative and its subject: a book about Cézanne, a movie about the Boston Massacre. This use has lately been extended
to refer to the relation between various nonlinguistic entities and the things they make manifest, as in The party was mostly about showing off
their new offices or His designs are about the use of rough-textured materials. This practice probably originates with the expression
That's what it's all about and may partly reflect implicit deference to the postmodern doctrine that every social artifact and activity can be
regarded as a text subject to interpretation. But the usage is still too voguish to have won general acceptance; it is rejected by 59 percent of
the Usage Panel in the example A designer teapot isn't about making tea; it is about letting people know that you have a hundred
dollars to spend on a teapot.
Pronunciation Key
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition
Copyright © 1996, 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
About \A*bout"\, prep. [OE. aboute, abouten, abuten; AS. [=a]butan, onbutan; on + butan, which is from be by + utan outward, from ut out. See But,
Out.] 1. Around; all round; on every side of. ``Look about you.'' --Shak. ``Bind them about thy neck.'' --Prov. iii. 3.
2. In the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place; by or on (one's person). ``Have you much money about you?''
--Bulwer.
3. Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
Lampoons . . . were handed about the coffeehouses. --Macaulay.
Roving still about the world. --Milton.
4. Near; not far from; -- determining approximately time, size, quantity. ``To-morrow, about this time.'' --Exod. ix. 18. ``About my stature.'' --Shak.
He went out about the third hour. --Matt. xx. 3.
Note: This use passes into the adverbial sense.
5. In concern with; engaged in; intent on.
I must be about my Father's business. --Luke ii. 49.
6. Before a verbal noun or an infinitive: On the point or verge of; going; in act of.
Paul was now aboutto open his mouth. --Acts xviii. 14.
7. Concerning; with regard to; on account of; touching. ``To treat about thy ransom.'' --Milton.
She must have her way about Sarah. --Trollope.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
About \A*bout"\, adv. 1. On all sides; around.
'Tis time to look about. --Shak.
2. In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across.
3. Here and there; around; in one place and another.
Wandering about from house to house. --1 Tim. v. 13.
4. Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in quality, manner, degree, etc.; as, about as cold; about as high; -- also of quantity, number, time.
``There fell . . . about three thousand men.'' --Exod. xxii. 28.
5. To a reserved position; half round; in the opposite direction; on the opposite tack; as, to face about; to turn one's self about.
To bring about, to cause to take place; to accomplish.
To come about, to occur; to take place. See under Come.
To go about, To set about, to undertake; to arrange; to prepare. ``Shall we set about some revels?'' --Shak.
Round about, in every direction around.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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About adj : on the move; "up and about"; "the whole town was astir over the incident" [syn: about(p), astir(p)] adv 1: (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" [syn: approximately, close to, just about, some, roughly, more or less, around, or so] 2: 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" [syn: around] 3: in the area or vicinity; "a few spectators
standing about"; "hanging around"; "waited around for the next flight" [syn: around] 4: 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" [syn: around] 5: in or to a reversed position or direction; "about face"; "brought the ship about";
"suddenly she turned around" [syn: around] 6: in rotation or succession; "turn about is fair play" 7: (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite
accomplished; "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"; (`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") [syn: just about, almost, most, all
but, nearly, near, nigh, virtually, well-nigh]
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No entry found for "abaut" in the dictionary.
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Important derivatives are: out, utmost, carouse, outlaw, utter1, utter2, but, about, ersatz, hubris.
1.
a.out; utmost, from Old English t, out;
b.carouse; auslander, from Old High German z, out;
c.outlaw, from Old Norse t, out;
d.uitlander, from Middle Dutch ute, uut, out;
e.utter1, from Middle Low German t, out;
f.utter2, from Old English tera, outer, from Germanic suffixed (comparative) form *t-era-;
g.but; about, from Old English btan, bte, outside (adverb), from Germanic compound *bi-tana, “at the outside” (*bi-, by,
at; see ambhi). a, b, c, d, e, f, and g all from Germanic *t-, out.
2.Extended form *uds.
a.ersatz, from Old High German irsezzan, to replace, from ir-, out;
b.ort, from Middle Dutch oor, out;
c.(see dail-) Germanic *uz-dailjam, “a portioning out,” judgment;
d.Ursprache, from Old High German ur-, out of, original. a, b, c, and d all from Germanic *uz, *uz-, out.
3.Suffixed (comparative) form *ud-tero-. hysteresis, hysteron proteron, from Greek husteros, later, second, after.
4.hubris, from Greek compound hubris, violence, outrage, insolence (bri-, perhaps “heavy,” “violent”; see gwer-1), from hu-.
5.vigorish, from Russian vy-, out.
[Pokorny d- 1103.]
Pronunciation Key
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition
Copyright © 1996, 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
a·bout (-bout)
adv. Abbr. a., ab., abt.
1.Approximately; nearly: The interview lasted about an hour.
2.Almost: The job is about done.
3.To a reversed position or direction: Turn about and walk away slowly.
4.In no particular direction: wandering about with no place to go.
5.All around; on every side: Let's look about for help.
6.In the area or vicinity; near: spoke to a few spectators standing about.
7.In succession; one after another: Turn about is fair play.
prep.
1.On all sides of; surrounding: I found an English garden all about me.
2.In the vicinity of; around: explored the rivers and streams about the estate.
3.Almost the same as; close to; near.
4.
a.In reference to; relating to; concerned with: a book about snakes; objectivitya part of what biography is about.
b.In the act or process of: While you're about it, please clean your room.
5.In the possession or innate character of: Keep your wits about you.
6.
a.Ready or prepared to do something: The chorus is about to sing.
b.Usage Problem. Used with a negative to indicate strong intention: I am not about to concede the point.
adj.
1.Moving here and there; astir: The patient is up and about.
2.Being in evidence or existence: Rumors are about concerning his resignation.
[Middle English from Old English onbtan: on, in; see on + btan, outside; see ud- in Indo-European Roots.]
Usage Note: The construction not about to is often used to express determination: We are not about to negotiate with terrorists. A
majority of the Usage Panel considers this usage acceptable in speech but not in formal writing. · About is traditionally used to refer to the
relation between a narrative and its subject: a book about Cézanne, a movie about the Boston Massacre. This use has lately been extended
to refer to the relation between various nonlinguistic entities and the things they make manifest, as in The party was mostly about showing off
their new offices or His designs are about the use of rough-textured materials. This practice probably originates with the expression
That's what it's all about and may partly reflect implicit deference to the postmodern doctrine that every social artifact and activity can be
regarded as a text subject to interpretation. But the usage is still too voguish to have won general acceptance; it is rejected by 59 percent of
the Usage Panel in the example A designer teapot isn't about making tea; it is about letting people know that you have a hundred
dollars to spend on a teapot.
Pronunciation Key
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition
Copyright © 1996, 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
About \A*bout"\, prep. [OE. aboute, abouten, abuten; AS. [=a]butan, onbutan; on + butan, which is from be by + utan outward, from ut out. See But,
Out.] 1. Around; all round; on every side of. ``Look about you.'' --Shak. ``Bind them about thy neck.'' --Prov. iii. 3.
2. In the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place; by or on (one's person). ``Have you much money about you?''
--Bulwer.
3. Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
Lampoons . . . were handed about the coffeehouses. --Macaulay.
Roving still about the world. --Milton.
4. Near; not far from; -- determining approximately time, size, quantity. ``To-morrow, about this time.'' --Exod. ix. 18. ``About my stature.'' --Shak.
He went out about the third hour. --Matt. xx. 3.
Note: This use passes into the adverbial sense.
5. In concern with; engaged in; intent on.
I must be about my Father's business. --Luke ii. 49.
6. Before a verbal noun or an infinitive: On the point or verge of; going; in act of.
Paul was now aboutto open his mouth. --Acts xviii. 14.
7. Concerning; with regard to; on account of; touching. ``To treat about thy ransom.'' --Milton.
She must have her way about Sarah. --Trollope.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
About \A*bout"\, adv. 1. On all sides; around.
'Tis time to look about. --Shak.
2. In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across.
3. Here and there; around; in one place and another.
Wandering about from house to house. --1 Tim. v. 13.
4. Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in quality, manner, degree, etc.; as, about as cold; about as high; -- also of quantity, number, time.
``There fell . . . about three thousand men.'' --Exod. xxii. 28.
5. To a reserved position; half round; in the opposite direction; on the opposite tack; as, to face about; to turn one's self about.
To bring about, to cause to take place; to accomplish.
To come about, to occur; to take place. See under Come.
To go about, To set about, to undertake; to arrange; to prepare. ``Shall we set about some revels?'' --Shak.
Round about, in every direction around.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
<hr>
About adj : on the move; "up and about"; "the whole town was astir over the incident" [syn: about(p), astir(p)] adv 1: (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" [syn: approximately, close to, just about, some, roughly, more or less, around, or so] 2: 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" [syn: around] 3: in the area or vicinity; "a few spectators
standing about"; "hanging around"; "waited around for the next flight" [syn: around] 4: 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" [syn: around] 5: in or to a reversed position or direction; "about face"; "brought the ship about";
"suddenly she turned around" [syn: around] 6: in rotation or succession; "turn about is fair play" 7: (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite
accomplished; "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"; (`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") [syn: just about, almost, most, all
but, nearly, near, nigh, virtually, well-nigh]
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