23. (adj.)about moving around; astir: She was up and about at dawn.
24. about in existence; current; prevalent: The flu is about.
25. about not about to, not intending or likely to.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME aboute(n), OE abūtan, onbūtan on the outside of =a-a -1+būtan outside (see but1))
Definition of 'about'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (adverb)about(p), astir(p) on the move "up and about"; "the whole town was astir over the incident"
2. (adverb)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"
3. (adverb)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"
4. (adverb)about, around in the area or vicinity "a few spectators standing about"; "hanging around"; "waited around for the next flight"
5. (adverb)about, around used of movement to or among many different places or in no particulardirection "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"
6. (adverb)about, around in or to a reversed position or direction "about face"; "suddenly she turned around"
7. (adverb)about in rotation or succession "turn about is fair play"
8. (adverb)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"
1. (adverb)about approximately about 40 guests; I'm leaving about 4 o'clock.
2. about very close to; = practically He's about her only friend.
3. about around Stop moving about.
4. about how/what about ... ? indicates a suggestion How about a drink?
5. (preposition)about on the subject of a story about her childhood; We were talking about old friends.
6. about how/what about ... ? indicates you are suggesting sth How about a drink?
7. about indicates that you want information I know Karen's coming - what about Noah?
8. (adjective)about about to do sth ready to, or soon going to do sth I was about to call her.; We're just about to leave.
9. about not about to do sth emphasizes that you will not do sth I'm not about to apologize!
Definition of 'about'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adverb)about on all sides; around
2. (adverb)about in circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across
3. (adverb)about here and there; around; in one place and another
4. (adverb)about nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in quality, manner, degree, etc.; as, about as cold; about as high; -- also of quantity, number, time
5. (adverb)about to a reserved position; half round; in the opposite direction; on the opposite tack; as, to face about; to turn one's self about
6. about around; all round; on every side of
7. about in the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place; by or on (one's person)
8. about over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout
9. about near; not far from; -- determining approximately time, size, quantity
Definitions of about 
Afrikaans: oor
Arabic: عَن، عَلَى
Bulgarian: за
Brazilian: sobre
Czech: o
German: über
Danish: om
Greek: σχετικά με
Spanish: sobre, acerca de
Estonian: -st (millestki)
Farsi: دربارۀ
Finnish: -sta, -stä
French: sur; de
Hebrew: עַל, בְּנוֹגֵע ל-
Hindi: चारों ओर
Croatian: o
Hungarian: -ról, -ről
Indonesian: tentang, mengenai
Icelandic: um
Italian: di
Japanese: ～について
Korean: ...에 관하여
Lithuanian: apie
Latvian: par
Malay: mengenai
Dutch: over
Norwegian: om
Persian: دربارۀ
Pashto: په اړه
Portuguese: sobre
Romanian: despre
Russian: о, насчёт
Slovak: o
Slovenian: o
Serbian: o
Swedish: om
Thai: เกี่ยวกับ
Turkish: hakkında
Taiwanese: 關於
Ukrainian: про
Urdu: بارے میں
Vietnamese: về chủ đề
Chinese: 关于
