about
Definitions
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
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "about".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | about | 2 | 1815 |
| 2 | whereabouts | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | hereabouts | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | roundabout | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | runabout | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | thereabouts | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | about's | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | beabout | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | hereabout | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | how-about | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | turnabout | 3 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "about".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "about".
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "about" in a sentence.
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "about" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | of about | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | is about | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | information about | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | are about | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | only about | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | from about | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | at about | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | known about | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | beliefs about | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | truth about | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | was about | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | as about | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | wrote about | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | more about | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | concerns about | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | decision about | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | by about | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | and about | 1 | 3 |
| 19 | debates about | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | weighing about | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | with about | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | said about | 1 | 2 |
| 23 | details about | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | which about | 1 | 2 |
| 25 | knowledge about | 2 | 2 |
| 26 | learn about | 1 | 2 |
| 27 | skeptical about | 3 | 2 |
| 28 | to about | 1 | 2 |
| 29 | passing about | 2 | 2 |
| 30 | set about | 1 | 2 |
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "about" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Results:
Term
Definitions: 7
Fragments: 11
Sound Alikes: 0
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 14
Words that Precede: 30
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 7
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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