just about en · ADV
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) Approximately, very nearly.
I’m (just) about ready.
Afore we got to the shanty Colonel Applegate stuck his head out of the door. His temper had been getting raggeder all the time, and the sousing he got when he fell overboard had just about ripped what was left of it to ravellings.
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:‘Have you already reached your sales target?’ ‘Just about.’
Synonyms
loosely · thereabout · well-nigh · -ish · around · all but · roundly · more or less · about · -some · approaching · for all practical purposes · close to · some · nigh on · ± · give or take · plus or minus · roughly · virtually · or so · near · say · circa · nearly · kind of · odd · by and large · close · nearabout · imprecisely · just about · sort of · fornigh · almost · essentially
Translations (13)
es por poco (approximately) · fi pian (approximately) · es casi (approximately) · nl zowat (approximately) · fi kohta (approximately) · pt aproximadamente (approximately) · fi kutakuinkin (approximately) · es mal que bien (approximately) · fi jotakuinkin (approximately) · fi jokseenkin (approximately) · pl ledwie (approximately) · pl prawie (approximately) · fi noin (approximately)