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What is about in a sentence?
The word “about” can be considered as an adverb if it is used to modify a verb or another adverb. For instance, in the sample sentence below: I saw the kid floundering about in the water. The word is categorized as an adverb because it modifies the verb “floundering.”
What we are about meaning?
To be adequately prepared or knowledgeable enough to do something; to be confident in one’s abilities.
Where do you put about in a sentence?
1. They put about and sailed for home. 2. She was very much put about when she realized that she had given the parcel to the wrong person.
Is abouts a word?
(obsolete) About.
How do you start sentences with about?
You can start a sentence with about, but you have to put your phrase first, and this can sometimes give the sentence a combative tone. This may or may not be what you want. For example: About the house, and for some distance outside the enclosing fence, tall dandelions dotted the otherwise pristine lawn.
Was about to in sentence?
“I was about to go to dinner.” “I was about to go to bed.” “I was about to go to work.” “I was about to say the same thing.”
How use about in a sentence?
About sentence example
- Do you want to tell me about it?
- I love thinking about the future.
- I didn’t ask about his family tree.
- In fact, everything about him was masculine.
- We know not much about them.
- Don’t worry about it.
- They saw the mother robin flying about , and crying to her mate.
How do you use about?
About can be used to make a rough estimate of something.
- There were about twenty boys in the class. (It is a rough estimate of the number of students in the class. The actual figure could be slightly higher or lower.)
- It is about 3 o’clock. ( Not exactly 3 o’clock)
- She is about forty years old. ( Not exactly forty)
What is where about?
Whereabout means at, in or near a place. An example of whereabout used as a conjunction is in the sentence, “The parade traveled whereabout the museum,” which means “The parade traveled near the museum.” conjunction. Whereabout is defined as where someone or something is.
Is abouts a Scrabble word?
Abouts is valid Scrabble Word.
How do I use about in a sentence?
About sentence example
- Do you want to tell me about it?
- I love thinking about the future.
- I didn’t ask about his family tree.
- In fact, everything about him was masculine.
- We know not much about them.
- Don’t worry about it.
- They saw the mother robin flying about , and crying to her mate.