| Definitions | | abreast |
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adverb
- Informed, well-informed, familiar, acquainted
- Side by side, with breasts in a line; as,
- Quotations
- Two men could hardly walk . - Macaulay
- (nautical) Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam; -- with of.
- Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep of or with the present state of science.
- (obsolete): At the same time; simultaneously
- Quotations
- Abreast therewith began a convocation. - Fuller
Translations: - Dutch: zij aan zij
- French: cí´te í cí´te
- German: beieinander
(trans-mid)
- Italian: al traverso
(trans-mid)
(trans-bottom)
(trans-top, up to a certain level or line)
- Spanish: de lado a lado
(trans-bottom)
(trans-top, nautical: side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam)
Etymology: Prefix a- + breast
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