Dictionary Entry
abreast
abreast is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as adverb and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Side by side, with breasts in a line; as, "Two men could hardly walk abreast.". Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1adverb
Side by side, with breasts in a line; as, "Two men could hardly walk abreast."
- 2adverb
Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam; -- with of.
- 3adverb
Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of [or with] the present state of science.
- 4adverb
At the same time; simultaneously.
- 5adjective
being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge
"kept abreast of the latest developments"
"constant revision keeps the book au courant"
- 6adverb
alongside each other, facing in the same direction
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