about
suomi-englanti sanakirjaabout englannista suomeksi
ympärille, siellä täällä, ympäriinsä
kiertämällä
jalkeilla, liikkeellä, liikkeellä oleva, jalkeilla oleva
lähistöllä
noin
ympäriinsä/ympäri
ympäri
suurin piirtein
-ssa / -ssa/-ssä, -lla / -lla/-llä inessive or adessive case; paikkeilla, vaiheilla
-sta / -sta/-stä elative case; olla kyse">olla kyse, kysymys">olla kysymys to be about
Substantiivi
about englanniksi
In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of. (defdate)
(ux)
(RQ:Shakespeare All's Well)
1769, James Version|King James Bible, Oxford Standard text, ''(King James)/Proverbs|Proverbs'', iii, 3
- Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
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Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout. (defdate)
''Rubbish was strewn about the place.''
''The children were running about the room.''
''He was well known about town.''
(RQ:Milton Paradise Regained)
(RQ:Macaulay History of England)
(n-g)
''See ''to''.''
On the point or verge of.
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Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect. (defdate)
{{quote-text|en|year=1671|author=John Milton|title=Samson Agonistes
{{quote-text|en|year=1856|author=Voltaire|title=Philosophical dictionary
{{quote-text|en|year=1860|author=Anthony Trollope|title=Framley Parsonage
(RQ:Lincoln Pratt's Patients)
{{quote-journal|en|date=2013-06-22|volume=407|issue=8841|page=70|magazine=The Economist
2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- Well, let’s not talk about yesterday.
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(syn)
''to be about one's business''
1769, James Version|King James Bible, Oxford Standard text, ''(King James)/Luke|Luke'', ii, 49
- And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?
2013 March 14, ''(w)'', season 5, episode 16, ''Bailout'':
- RON: And I'll have the number 8.
- WAITER: That's a party platter, it serves 12 people.
- RON: I know what I'm about, son.
(q) ''Have you much hay about? = Have you much in the process of making?''
(q) ''"What's Mary doin'?" "Oh ! oo's about th' butter." = "What's Mary doing?" "Oh, she's making the butter.''
Within or in the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place. (defdate)
''I can't find my reading glasses, but they must be somewhere about the house.''
''John's in the garden, probably somewhere about the woodshed.''
On one's person; nearby the person. (defdate)
''I had no weapon about me but a stick.''
(RQ:Bulwer-Lytton Ernest Maltravers)
In or near, as in mental faculties ''or'' in the possession of; under the control of; at one's command; in one's makeup. (defdate)
(RQ:Churchill Celebrity)A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes. (..) But withal there was a perceptible acumen about the man which was puzzling in the extreme.
On all sides; around. (defdate)
''I looked about at the scenery that surrounded me.''
{{quote-text|en|year=1599|author=Greene (dramatist)|Robert Greene|title=King of Aragon|The Comical History of Alphonsus King of Aragon|section=III-ii
and there|Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down. (defdate)
''Bits of old machinery were lying about.''
From one place or position to another in succession; (n-g).
''walking about''; ''rushing about''; ''jumping about''; ''thrashing about''
1769, ''King James Bible'', Oxford Standard text, ''(King James)/1 Timothy|1 Timothy'', v,13,
- And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
(RQ:Chambers Younger Set).
''messing about''; ''fooling about''; ''loafing about''
Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost. (defdate)
(RQ:Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona)
1769, James Version|King James Bible, Oxford Standard text, ''(King James)/Matthew|Matthew'', xx, 3,
- And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace
1769, James Version|King James Bible, Oxford Standard text, ''(King James)/Exodus|Exodus'', ix, 18
- Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.
1769, ''King James Bible'', Oxford Standard text, ''(King James)/Exodus|Exodus'', xxxii,28:
- And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
(RQ:Chambers Younger Set)”
{{quote-journal|en|date=2013-07-20|volume=408|issue=8845|magazine=The Economist
To a reversed order; half round; facing in the opposite direction; from a contrary point of view. (defdate)
{{quote-text|en|year=1888|author=Alger, Jr.|Horatio Alger|title=Errand Boy/Chapter XXVIII|The Errand Boy
To the opposite tack: see (l). (defdate)
In succession; one after another; in the course of events. (defdate)
1818, James Hogg, published in ''The Scots Magazine'', Vol. 86, p. 218, "On the Life and Writings of James Hogg" https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=W-5HAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA128&dq=%22reading+verse+about+with+our+children%22 in the OED
- When he had finished, he drew his plaid around his head, and went slowly down to the little dell, where he used every day to offer up his morning and evening prayers, and where we have often sat together on Sabbath afternoons, reading verse about with our children in the Bible.
In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; in circumference. (defdate)
{{quote-text|en|year=1886|author=Duncan Keith|title=A history of Scotland: civil and ecclesiastical from the earliest times to the death of David I, 1153|volume=1
Moving around; astir.
(RQ:Falkner Moonfleet)'
In existence; being in evidence; apparent.
(quote-text)
{{quote-journal|en|year=2005|author=IDG Communications|journal=Digit|issue=89-94
2006, Great Britain Parliament: House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, ''Energy: Meeting With Malcolm Wicks MP'',
- Is not this sudden interest in capturing CO2 — and it has been about for a little while — simply another hidey-hole for the government to creep into?
Near; in the vicinity or neighbourhood.
''I had my keys just a minute ago, so they must be about somewhere.''
''Watch out, there's a thief about.''
about (gloss)