about meaning
EN
[əˈbaʊt] [əˈbɐʊt] [əˈbʌʊt] [əˈbɛʊt] [-aʊt] 
US Canada: British Columbia Canada: Ontario WAbout
- About may refer to:
- About.com, an online source for original information and advice.
- abOUT, an LGBT magazine
- About URI scheme, an internal URI scheme
- About box, displays information about a computer software
FR about 
- Adjective
- Moving around; astir.
- out and about; up and about
- In existence; being in evidence; apparent.
- Normally active and capable.
- After my bout with Guillan-Barre Syndrome, it took me 6 months to be up and about again.
- Moving around; astir.
- Adverb
- Not distant; approximate.
- Why, then, I see, ‘tis time to look about, / When every boy Alphonsus dares control.
- And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
- about as cold; about as high
- In succession; one after another; in the course of events.
- On the move; active; astir.
- To a reversed order; half round; facing in the opposite direction; from a contrary point of view.
- to face about; to turn one's self about
- OBS Preparing; planning.
- (archaic) In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; in circumference.
- a mile about, and a third of a mile across
- (chiefly Canada, US) COL Going to; on the verge of; intending to.
- Not distant; approximate.
- Preposition
- In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of.
- Near; not far from; regarding approximately time, size, quantity.
- On the point or verge of.
- On one's person; nearby the person.
- Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
- Concerned with; engaged in; intent on.
- Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect.
- He knew more about what was occurring than anyone.
- (figuratively) In or near, as in mental faculties or (literally) in possession of; in control of; at one's command; in one's makeup.
- He has his wits about him.
- In the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place.
- The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. [ …] Roaring, leaping, pouncing, the tempest raged about the wanderers, drowning and blotting out their forms with sandy spume.
- In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- We never heard about those changes coming, and were told everything was staying the same... typical mushroom syndrome by the management again.
- They filed in through a side entrance at about 7:45 p.m., dressed in sportcoats or suit jackets, and huddled in front of a 14-foot-high sculpture with hands men’s, women’s, children’s intertwined.
- i ve added him to /friends and will tell him about this thread next time we are both on. then unadd him from /friends and forget about it.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- About half of the genes encode sarcomeric proteins including α-cardiac actin, myosin heavy chain, troponin, tropomyosin, metavinculin, α-actinin and therefore overlap with those in HCM.
- About 20 percent of patients need to be retransplanted.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- The vegetables were okay, but the soup was nothing to write home about.
- The sink is blocked, put a rod down the plug hole and shuggle it about.
- That's the third party Brenda's been to this week. She certainly gets about.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of about in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Adverbs
- Degree adverbs
- Uncomparable adverbs
- Degree adverbs
- Prepositions
- Adjectives
- fr about
- en about-face
- en aboute
- fr abouté
- en abouts
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "about" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also an adverb, more specifically, a degree adverb and an uncomparable adverb. It's also a preposition.