abreast

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English abrest. By surface analysis, a- (“on, at”) +‎ breast, meaning “breasts (chests) in line, side-by-side and exactly equally advanced”; roughly “breast-by-breast”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈbɹɛst/ Rhymes: -ɛst Hyphenation: abreast === Adverb === abreast (not comparable) Side by side and facing forward. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470.)] Hyponym: neck and neck (as horses racing) Coordinate term: tandem (figurative) Alongside; parallel to. [First attested in the mid 17th century.] Informed, well-informed, familiar, acquainted. [First attested in the mid 17th century.] Followed by of or with: up to a certain level or line; equally advanced. [First attested in the mid 17th century.] (Scotland) Breast high (of an advancing wave). (nautical) Side by side; also, opposite; on a line with the vessel's beam. [First attested in the late 17th century.] (obsolete) At the same time; simultaneously. ==== Usage notes ==== (nautical): Abreast is followed by the word of. (alongside): Abreast is followed by of. (informed): Abreast is followed by of. (up to a certain level): Abreast is followed by of. ==== Synonyms ==== (informed): apprised, informed, up to date, up-to-date ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === abreast (not comparable) Side by side, facing forward. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470.)] (figurative) Alongside; parallel to. [First attested in the mid 17th century.] Informed, well-informed, familiar, acquainted. [First attested in the mid 17th century.] Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced [First attested in the mid 17th century.] (nautical) Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam. [First attested in the late 17th century.] === Preposition === abreast Abreast of; alongside. === References === “abreast”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “abreast”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “abreast, adv.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Baaster, Sabater, Tabares, abaters, bat ears, rabates