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Dictionary: a·breast   (ə-brĕst') pronunciation
adv.
  1. Side by side: ships docked two abreast.
  2. Up to date: keeping abreast of the latest developments.

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adv

Definition: up to date
Antonyms: lost, out of touch, unaware


WordNet: abreast
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: beside one another in a row or rank
  Synonym: arow


The adverb abreast has one meaning:

Meaning #1: alongside each other, facing on the same direction


Translations: Abreast
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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - side om side, ved siden af hinanden

idioms:

  • get abreast    komme på højde med, indhente
  • keep abreast    holde sig løbende underrettet om, følge med

Nederlands (Dutch)
op de hoogte, zij aan zij

Français (French)
adv. - de front, l'un(e) à côté de l'autre, côte à côte, (Naut) en ligne de front

idioms:

  • get abreast    se tenir au courant, marcher avec son temps
  • keep abreast    se tenir au courant de, se tenir informé de(s), suivre les progrès de

Deutsch (German)
adv. - Seite an Seite, gegenüber, (Seew.) Bord an Bord, längsseits, (übert.) auf dem Niveau, auf der Höhe

idioms:

  • get abreast    einholen
  • keep abreast    Schritt halten mit, sich über etw. auf dem Laufenden halten

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - δίπλα δίπλα, στο ίδιο ύψος

idioms:

  • get abreast    ενημερώνομαι, παρακολουθώ
  • keep abreast    παρακολουθώ, τηρούμαι ενήμερος

Italiano (Italian)
fianco a fianco, di pari passo, al corrente

idioms:

  • be abreast of    essere al corrente di
  • get abreast    aggiornarsi
  • keep abreast of    tenersi al corrente di

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - lado a lado, à altura

idioms:

  • be abreast of    estar à altura de
  • get abreast    tornar-se à altura
  • keep abreast    manter-se à altura
  • keep abreast of    manter-se a par dos últimos acontecimentos, notícias, etc.

Русский (Russian)
рядом, по одной линии

idioms:

  • be abreast of    быть в курсе дел, событий
  • get abreast    стать в курсе дел, событий
  • keep abreast    постоянно держаться в курсе событий
  • keep abreast of    быть в курсе дел чего-либо, не отставать

Español (Spanish)
adv. - lado a lado y mirando en la misma dirección

idioms:

  • get abreast    enterarse, ponerse al corriente
  • keep abreast    mantenerse al día, estar al tanto

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - i bredd, bredvid varandra

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
并肩地, 并排地

idioms:

  • get abreast    并肩, 排列
  • keep abreast    跟得上新闻, 与...并驾齐驱

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 並肩地, 並排地

idioms:

  • get abreast    並肩, 排列
  • keep abreast    跟得上新聞, 與...並駕齊驅

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 나란히

idioms:

  • get abreast    나란히 하다
  • keep abreast    뒤떨어지지 않다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 並んで
adv. - 横に並んで, 並行して

idioms:

  • be abreast of    相並んで, 通じて
  • get abreast    一定の水準を得る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) جنيبا الى جنب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮זה בצד זה, מעודכן, מודע ל-‬


 
 
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