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51about to — The word about has a meaning of readiness or willingness; the phrase not about to conveys an idea of unwillingness, unreadiness, or opposition of some sort: He was not about to pay the bill. The expression is trite and informal and should be… …
52about — In reference to time: a word of flexible significance, denoting an approximation to exactness. 52 Am J1st Time § 30. Signifying present and not future action, as in a representation that one is about to abandon a business. 37 Am J2d Fraud § 65.… …
53about — [OE] About in Old English times meant ‘around the outside of’; it did not develop its commonest present day meaning, ‘concerning’, until the 13th century. In its earliest incarnation it was onbūtan, a compound made up of on and būtan ‘outside’… …
54about — adv. == round about (of locality). RG. 369; ‘ȝeode aboute’ 76 B. ‘about to,’ with a verb, as a future part. 1593 B. == nearly. RG. 247 prep. == around, circum. RG. 467; [obout]. Ps. lxxvii. 28 == near (of time), ‘aboute noon.’ Wright’s L. P. p.… …
55about — preposition & adverb 1》 [as preposition] on the subject of; concerning. 2》 used to indicate movement within a particular area or location in a particular place. 3》 [as adverb] approximately. Phrases be about to be on the point of. know what one… …
56about to — 1. almost ready to. One of my friends at work is about to have her second baby. 2. planning to. I was about to tell you a joke, but I won t because it s not really very funny …
57about — 1. Concerning. E pili ana no, no. ♦ About him, e pili ana iāia; e pili ana nona. 2. See almost. ♦ About ten feet, ma kahi o umi kapua i …
58about to — In ordinary grammatical construction, “about before an infinitive means on the point of or in the act of. It signifies present and not future action. For example, the words about to abandon are synonymous with intended now to abandon. See Sallies …
59about — [OE] About in Old English times meant ‘around the outside of’; it did not develop its commonest present day meaning, ‘concerning’, until the 13th century. In its earliest incarnation it was onbūtan, a compound made up of on and būtan ‘outside’… …
60about — (a bou) s. m. Terme d art et métier. 1° L extrémité par laquelle un morceau de bois de charpente ou de menuiserie est assemblé avec un autre. 2° Le bout par lequel une tringle ou un tirant de fer se joint, se fixe à quelque chose.… …
