Meaning

1 senses

  1. Abreast of; alongside.

    This ship sank abreast the island.

Examples

25 sentences

  1. Doctors should keep abreast of all the latest developments in medicine.

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  2. Doctors should keep abreast with all the latest developments in medicine.

    ruВрачи не должны отставать от последних достижений в медицине. — Hellerick

    deÄrzte sollten bei allen neuen Entwicklungen in der Medizin auf dem Laufenden bleiben. — Zaghawa

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  3. He tries to keep abreast of his classmates.

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  4. We walked three abreast.

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  5. The soldiers were marching two abreast.

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Origin

From Middle English abrest. By surface analysis, a- (“on, at”) + breast, meaning “breasts

From Middle English abrest. By surface analysis, a- (“on, at”) + breast, meaning “breasts (chests) in line, side-by-side and exactly equally advanced”; roughly “breast-by-breast”.

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
abradeabramabrasiveabridgeabroadA2
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