about



about - adjective

  • on the move

about - adverb

  • (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
  • all around or on all sides
  • in the area or vicinity
  • used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
  • in or to a reversed position or direction
  • in rotation or succession
  • (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

about - thesaurus

almost   approximately   around   astir   most   near   nearly   nigh   roughly   some   virtually  


View spelling list ou - longer words and learn about the word about in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 15. Spelling choices for /ou/ sound: ou, ow.

Scrabble score for about

a is 1 b is 3 o is 1 u is 1 t is 1
Scrabble score = 7

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