Meaning

1 senses
  1. To have (something) as a primary focus.

    What is this book about?

    gehen um, von ... sein, über ... sein

    быть оbytʹ o, речь идёт о ...rečʹ idjót o ...

Examples

7682 sentences
  1. Something terrible is about to happen.

    Зараз трапиться щось жахливе. — deniko

    ruДолжно произойти что-то ужасное. — Lenin_1917

    deEtwas Schreckliches wird geschehen. — Manfredo

  2. The concert is about to start.

    Концерт скоро розпочнеться. — deniko

    ruКонцерт скоро начнется. — redscorp

    deDas Konzert fängt gleich an. — Wolf

  3. This is a story about stars.

    Це історія про зірки. — Ahha

    ruЭто рассказ о звездах. — sharptoothed

    deDies ist eine Geschichte über Sterne. — Zaghawa

  4. You may be right about that.

    Можливо, ти маєш рацію щодо цього. — deniko

    ruВозможно, вы правы в этом. — nami

    deDamit könntest du recht haben. — al_ex_an_der

  5. I am thinking about my children.

    Я думаю про своїх дітей. — deniko

    ruЯ думаю о своих детях. — sharptoothed

    deIch denke an meine Kinder. — MUIRIEL

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to have (something) as a primary focus:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to have (something) as a primary focus:

Forms

is about, being about, was about, been about
Base formbe about · to be about
3rd person singularis about
Present participlebeing about
Past simplewas about
Past participlebeen about

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybe about
he, she, itis about

Past simpleLesson

all personswas about

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave been about
he, she, ithas been about

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill be about

Phrasal verbs

7 phrasal verbs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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