Definition of abreast in English Dictionary

• 形容詞 (Adjective)COMmore abreastSUPmost abreast+-
  1. Side by side, facing forward.
  2. (figuratively) Alongside; parallel to.
  3. Informed, well-informed, familiar, acquainted.
  4. Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of.
  5. (nautical) Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam.
• 副詞 (Adverb)COMmore abreastSUPmost abreast+-
  1. Side by side and facing forward.
     1. On Sunday afternoon it was as dark as night, with barely room for two riders abreast on a gradient that touches 20%.
  2. (figuratively) Alongside; parallel to.
  3. Informed, well-informed, familiar, acquainted.
  4. Followed by of or with: up to a certain level or line; equally advanced.
     1. She believes it is important to keep abreast of new scientific developments.
  5. (nautical) Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam.
  6. (obsolete) At the same time; simultaneously.
     1. Abreast therewith began a convocation.
• 前置詞 (Preposition)
  1. Abreast of; alongside.
     1. This ship sank abreast the island.
• より多くの例
  1. 文の途中で使用される
     • At dawn of day, (17th) we got underweigh and steered through the islands; at noon, we were abreast of Termination Island, the latitude of which we found to be 34 degrees 32 minutes.

• 品詞階層 (Part-of-Speech Hierarchy)
  1. 形容詞
  2. 副詞
  3. 前置詞

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