abreast

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Prefix a- + breast

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Adverb

abreast (comparative more abreast, superlative most abreast)

1. Informed, well-informed, familiar, acquainted
2. Side by side, with breasts in a line; as,

   • Two men could hardly walk abreast. - Thomas Babington Macaulay

3. (nautical) Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam; -- with of.
4. Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of [or with] the present state of science.
5. (obsolete): At the same time; simultaneously

   • Abreast therewith began a convocation. - Thomas Fuller

[edit] Translations

• Interlingua: in fila lateral (2)
• Vietnamese: đi sóng hàng với nhau, theo kịp thời đại

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aaberst
• abaters