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Etymology

From: English about

Pronunciation

• əˈbaʊt

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 114
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 125
• Frequency in raw corpus: 6819
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 61

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Preposition

about: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:6859)

   About Us  — (jw__234, __no translation__)

   talk about.  — (NST_cleaned__41165, __no translation__)

2. dep (frequency:31)

   wetin you see about di--oh boy all dat one na story  — (deuber__1606, __no translation__)

   Wetin I hear today about di, dat one really shock me.  — (NST_cleaned__8576, __no translation__)

3. advmod (frequency:20)

   Go, and know what is all about.  — (NST_cleaned__36532, __no translation__)

   Na im di programe dey all about.  — (BEN_21_Love-Matters_DG__5, That's what the programe is all about.)

4. discourse (frequency:4)

   about eh...  — (NST_cleaned__40751, __no translation__)

   Den talking about ehn… ,  — (NST_cleaned__3069, __no translation__)

5. cc (frequency:3)

   No forget dat girl, aba, aba, about girl.  — (LAG_08_Austin-And-Donald_DG__83, Do not forget that girl...abou...abou...about the girl.)

   Poverty wey tie wrapper dey increase reach six pipo every minute or about 3.2 million everi year.  — (bbc__82964, __no translation__)

6. nsubj (frequency:2)

   Young women for di state bin don demonstrate about dis killikilli go police headquarters on Friday , come demand among oda tins say make goment close any hotels wey dis kain tin happun.  — (bbc__101926, __no translation__)

   About rumour say na wetin candidate score inside di exam, na im go determine whether na university di pesin go enter or polytechnic, Benjamin say When we enter go do policy meeting, we go discuss dat one.  — (bbc__11205, __no translation__)

7. advcl (frequency:2)

   For di summit, oga Buhari tok about plenty mata dem like poverty, xenophobia plus climate change wey dey related to di topic of di event.  — (bbc__51370, __no translation__)

   BBC tori person Chris Ewokor report say many of di refugees for now dey live among residents of some communities inside Ikom and Ogoja area wey dey about 297 kilometres north of di port city of Calabar.  — (bbc__18713, __no translation__)

8. conj:dicto (frequency:2)

   I think about, na Ebonyi state wey you dey talk.  — (ONI_25_Nigeria-Don-Wowo_DG__131, I think, it's about, it's Ebonyi state you are talking about)

   As I grow reach, my mama still dey tell story about, about me like sey I be small pikin of yesterday,  — (ABJ_GWA_05_Tailoring_DG__74, As I have grown, my mother is still telling stories about me as if I am a little child of yesterday.)

9. advmod:emph (frequency:2)

   Na di money we dey talk about o!  — (IBA_25_Buying-Indomie_DG__88, It is the money we are talking about !)

   Abeg who be di Barrabbas wey dose people dey shout about sef?  — (IBA_42_Barrabas_DG__8, Please, who is even the Barrabbas that those people are shouting about ?)

10. conj:dicto-dep (frequency:2)

    My sister, haha okay, how do you prepare about di~, dis Easter?  — (LAG_06_Easter-Preparation_DG__1, My sister, haha, okay, how are you preparing for this...this Easter ?)

    Eh wetin prompt me, dey give me joy about eh di, di work wey I dey do be sey e dey make me happy.  — (KAD_30_Education_M__24, Eh, what prompted me, and is giving me joy about eh, the work that I do is that it makes me happy.)

Synonyms

• sey 0.41 21386, follow 0.40 3872, word 0.38 889, bible 0.37 3843, affect 0.36 1028, listen 0.35 505, share 0.34 642, reason 0.32 1045, concern 0.32 1183

Antonyms

• sey 0.41 21386, follow 0.40 3872, word 0.38 889, bible 0.37 3843, affect 0.36 1028, listen 0.35 505, share 0.34 642, reason 0.32 1045, concern 0.32 1183

Translations

• English: no definition