Definition of be about in English Turkish dictionary
- 1. (kötü bir şey) kol gezmek: Smallpox was about in the town. Şehirde çiçek kol geziyordu. 2. ayakta olmak: That morning she was about at the crack of dawn. O sabah şafak söktüğünde ayaktaydı
- üzere olmak; meşgul olmak
- about
- hakkında
Diğerleri hakkında kötü şeyler söyleme.
-Don't say bad things about others.
Batman hakkında bilmeniz gereken şey, onun süper kahraman olmasıdır.
-The thing you have to know about Batman is, he's a superhero.
- about
- dair
Tom'un boşanmayı düşündüğüne dair kesinlikle fikrim yoktu.
-I certainly had no idea Tom was thinking about getting divorced.
İşsizlik hakkında bir şey yapılması gerektiğine dair genel bir kanı vardır.
-There's a general sense that something should be done about unemployment.
- about
- konusunda
O fiyat değişikliği konusunda bir uyarı koydu.
-He put up a notice about the change in price.
Bir sürü insan faturalarını ödeme konusunda endişeleniyor.
-Many people worry about paying their bills.
- about
- yaklaşık
Sözlük, yaklaşık yarım milyon kelime içeriyor.
-The dictionary contains about half a million words.
Benim yaklaşık 5,000 yenim var.
-I have about 5,000 yen.
- about
- hemen hemen
Tom hemen hemen senin kadar uzun.
-Tom is just about as tall as you are.
Kız kardeşimle hemen hemen aynı yaşta gösterdiğimi söylerler.
-People say I look about the same age as my sister.
- about
- takriben
Takriben senin yaşındayız.
-We are about your age.
Bu takriben doğru görünüyor.
-That seems about right.
- about
- aşağı yukarı
Tokyo borsasında, aşağı yukarı 450 şirketin hisse senetleri sayaç üzerinde işlem gördü.
-In the Tokyo stock market, stocks of about 450 companies are traded over the counter.
Bu sandalyeyi onartmak aşağı yukarı ne tutar?
-About how much would it cost to have this chair repaired?
- about
- civarında
Genellikle saat altı otuz civarında kalkarım.
-I usually get up at about six-thirty.
Beş civarında oraya varacak.
-He will arrive there about five o'clock.
- about
- aksi yöne
- about
- {e} ilgili
Televizyonda, yüzünde ciddi bir görünümü olan birisi ülkemizin geleceği ile ilgili sorunlar hakkında konuşuyor.
-On TV someone with a serious look on his face is talking about the problems of our country's future.
Onun ailesi ile ilgili hiçbir şey bilmiyorum.
-I don't know anything about her family.
- about
- {e} etrafında
Bahçenin etrafında yüksek bir duvar vardı.
-There was a high wall about the garden.
Çocuklarını etrafında topladı.
-She gathered her children about her.
- about
- {e} 1. hakkında, ile ilgili, üzerine, üstüne: I know nothing at all about you. Senin hakkında hiçbir şey bilmiyorum. I have doubts about
- about
- etrafına
Yaşlı adam şapkası için etrafına bakındı.
-The old man looked about for his hat.
Tom ve arkadaşları ateşin etrafına oturdular, iyi eski günlerden bahsettiler.
-Tom and his friends sat around the fire, talking about the good old days.
- be about to
- üzere olmak
- about
- nerede ise
- about
- ile ilgili
Televizyonda, yüzünde ciddi bir görünümü olan birisi ülkemizin geleceği ile ilgili sorunlar hakkında konuşuyor.
-On TV someone with a serious look on his face is talking about the problems of our country's future.
Evlilik ile ilgili bir karar vermeden önce, ebeveynlerine danışmalısın.
-Before you make a decision about your marriage, you should have a consultation with your parents.
- about
- -de
- about
- gibi
- about
- ters yöne
- about
- kadar
İtalya'nın nüfûsu, Japonya'nınkinin yaklaşık yarısı kadardır.
-The population of Italy is about half as large as that of Japan.
Çin'in nüfusu Japonya'nınkinin 8 misli kadar büyüktür.
-The population of China is about eight times as large as that of Japan.
- to be about
- hakkında olmak
- about
- üzerine
Tom, Vikingler'in dünya tarihine etkileri üzerine beş dakikalık bir sunum yaptı.
-Tom gave a five-minute presentation about the influence of the Vikings on world history.
Bir parça kağıdın üzerine, yanınızda oturan kişi hakkında hoşlandığınız bir şey yazın lütfen.
-Please write, on a piece of paper, something you like about the person sitting next to you.
- about
- buralarda
Onun evi buralarda bir yerde.
-His house is somewhere about here.
Buralarda bir kulübe vardı.
-There used to be a hut about here.
- about
- şuraya buraya
- about
- tahminen
- about
- geriye
Yaklaşık onun yarısını yedim ve geriye kalanını tabağımda bıraktım.
-I ate about half of it and left the rest on my plate.
Yataktan çıkmadan önce günün geriye kalanında ne yapacağım hakkında düşünerek biraz zaman harcarım.
-Before I get out of bed, I spend a little time thinking about what I'll be doing the rest of the day.
- about
- neredeyse
Tom neredeyse toplantıyı unutuyordu.
-Tom almost forgot about the meeting.
Tom neredeyse herhangi bir şey hakkında şikâyet etmez.
-Tom almost never complains about anything.
- about
- şurada burada
- about
- üstünde
Şu anda altmış beş yaşının üstünde 31 milyon civarında Amerikalı var.
-At present there are about 31 million Americans over the age of sixty-five.
Uçurumun üstünde duran bir adam boşluğa atlayarak intihar etmek üzereydi.
-A man standing on the cliff was about to commit suicide by jumping into the void.
- about
- doğrusunda
- about
- muhiten
- about
- {i} hakkında+t
- about
- baresinde
- about
- yanında
Senin yanında olsaydım o konuyu ona sormazdım.
-If I were you, I would not have asked him about it.
Dün gece saat onda evinizin yanından geçtim.
-I passed by your house about 10 last night.
- about
- sıralarda
Bu sıralarda, Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Roma diktatörü olduktan sonra, Sezar'ın onun egemenliği için siyasi bir tehdit olduğunu düşündü.
-At about this time, Lucius Cornelius Sulla, after becoming the dictator of Rome, thought that Caesar was a political threat to his rule.
- about
- yakınında
- about
- devresinde
- about
- -den ne haber?
- about
- -e ne dersin?
- about
- değişli
- about
- ötede beride
- about
- sularında
- about
- şuralarda
- about
- çevresinde
Onun çevresindeki öğrenciler testten bahsediyordu.
-The students around her were talking about the test.
Onlar ormanın çevresinde dolaştı.
-They roamed about the forest.
- be about to
- -mek üzere olmak
- about
- hakk
- about
- emir Geriye don I about to come gelmek üzere beat about the bush bin dereden su getirmek
- about
- ötesinde berisinde
- about
- çevresine
- about
- ile meşgul
- about
- her yerinde
- about
- havalisinde
- about
- için About facel
- about
- edat dair
- about
- hakkında, ile ilgili, üzerine, üstüne: I know nothing at all about you. Senin hakkında hiçbir şey bilmiyorum. I have doubts about
- about
- edat
- about
- aşağı yukarı, yaklaşık, az çok; hemen hemen, neredeyse: at about six o'clock saat altı sularında. Come about midnight. Gece saat on iki
- be about to
- -mek üzere olmak: I was about to go out the door. Kapıdan çıkmak üzereydim. I knew by heart the poems about to be read. O sırada okunacak
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Definition of be about in English English dictionary
- about
- On all sides; around
Why, then, I see, ‘tis time to look about, / When every boy Alphonsus dares control.
- about
- On the point or verge of; going; in act of
And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:.
- about
- Moving around
'John, I have observed that you are often out and about of nights, sometimes as late as half past seven or eight. ...'.
- about
- Around; all round; outside or on every side of
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:.
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- (Discuss() this sense) Near; not far from; -- determining approximately time, size, quantity
Note: This use passes into the adverbial sense.).
- about
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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?.
- about
- To a reserved position; half round; in the opposite direction; on the opposite tack
Mr. Carter, whose back had been turned, turned about and faced his niece.
- about
- In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside
Nothing daunted, the fleet put to sea, and after sailing about the island for some time, a landing was effected in the west of Munster.
- about
- Here and there; around; in one place and another
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.
- about
- Concerning; with regard to; on account of
'I'll tell you what, Fanny: she must have her way about Sarah Thompson. You can see her to-morrow and tell her so.
- about
- {p} near to, concerning
- about
- {a} around, every way
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- about
- about In addition to the uses shown below, about is used after some verbs, nouns, and adjectives to introduce extra information. About is also often used after verbs of movement, such as `walk' and `drive', and in phrasal verbs such as `mess about' and `set about', especially in British English
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- To a reserved position; half round; in the opposite direction; on the opposite tack; as, to face about; to turn one's self about
- about
- In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across
- about
- Concerning; with regard to; on account of; touching
- about
- About is used in front of a number to show that the number is not exact. In my local health centre there's about forty parking spaces The rate of inflation is running at about 2.7 percent. = approximately, around precisely
- about
- When you say that there is a particular quality about someone or something, you mean that they have this quality. I think there's something a little peculiar about the results of your test
- about
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- Class: ~ Details: This term is a hold over from the days of sail It means that the vessel has filled her sails on a new tack
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- If someone or something is about, they are present or available. There's lots of money about these days for schemes like this
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- You use about to introduce who or what something relates to or concerns. She came in for a coffee, and told me about her friend Shona She knew a lot about food He never complains about his wife
- about
- as, about as cold; about as high; also of quantity, number, time
- about
- In the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place; by or on (ones person)
- about
- in rotation or succession; "turn about is fair play"
- about
- If you put something about a person or thing, you put it around them. Helen threw her arms about him = round, around
- about
- Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout
- about
- In concern with; engaged in; intent on
- about
- To a reserved position; half round; in the opposite direction; on the opposite tack; as, to face about; to turn ones self about
- about
- close to -- "About how much did he earn " (221)
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- In the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place; by or on (one's person)
- about
- A ship is said to come about when in beating to windward it changes its course allowing the wind to bear on the opposite side of the sails To change from the starboard to the port tack or the reverse
- about
- how about: see how what about: see what just about: see just
- about
- If you do something about a problem, you take action in order to solve it. Rachel was going to do something about Jacob
- about
- (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"
- about
- Direction of travel opposite to that being traveled "Come About" is to change course 180°
- about
- ad almost ("about half"); of or having a relation to ("We talk about the weather ")
- about
- You use about after some adjectives to indicate the person or thing that a feeling or state of mind relates to. `I'm sorry about Patrick,' she said I feel so guilty and angry about the whole issue
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- Direction of travel opposite to that being traveled "Come About" is to change course 180°
- about
- When you mention the things that an activity or institution is about, you are saying what it involves or what its aims are. Leadership is about the ability to implement change
- about
- If you are about to do something, you are going to do it very soon. If something is about to happen, it will happen very soon. I think he's about to leave The film was about to start
- about
- in the area or vicinity; "a few spectators standing about"; "hanging around"; "waited around for the next flight" 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" in or to a reversed position or direction; "about face"; "brought the ship about"; "suddenly she turned around" 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" (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; `near' is sometimes used informally for `nearly' and `most' is sometimes used informally for `almost'; "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"; in rotation or succession; "turn about is fair play
- about
- around; approximately; in the area, nearby
- about
- 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"
- about
- If someone or something moves about, they keep moving in different directions. Everyone was running about. = around About is also a preposition. From 1879 to 1888 he wandered about Germany, Switzerland, and Italy = around
- about
- Around; all round; on every side of
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- about
- in the area or vicinity; "a few spectators standing about"; "hanging around"; "waited around for the next flight"
- about
- Near; not far from; -- determining approximately time, size, quantity
- about
- {e} regarding, concerning; next to; nearby; connected to
- about
- Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in quality, manner, degree, etc
- about
- To go about, to change tack by moving the bow through the wind
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- 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"
- about
- Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in quality, manner, degree, etc.; as, about as cold; about as high; -- also of quantity, number, time
- about
- If someone is out and about, they are going to a lot of different places, often as part of their job. They often saw me out and about
- about
- If someone is out and about, they are going out and doing things, especially after they have been unable to for a while. Despite considerable pain she has been getting out and about almost as normal
- about
- "To pass from one tack to the other " (Colcord, 1974)
- about
- (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; `near' is sometimes used informally for `nearly' and `most' is sometimes used informally for `almost'; "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"; in rotation or succession; "turn about is fair play
- about
- Near; not far from; determining approximately time, size, quantity
- about
- on the move; "up and about"; "the whole town was astir over the incident"
- about
- in or to a reversed position or direction; "about face"; "brought the ship about"; "suddenly she turned around"
- about
- ab
- be about to
- {f} intend to, mean to, prepare to, be on the point of