definition of the word abreast

Prefix a- + breast

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abreast (comparative more abreast, superlative most abreast)

1. Informed, well-informed, familiar, acquainted
2. Side by side, with breasts in a line; as,

   Quotations

   • Two men could hardly walk abreast. - Macaulay

3. (nautical) Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam; -- with of.
4. Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of [or with] the present state of science.
5. (obsolete): At the same time; simultaneously

   Quotations

   • Abreast therewith began a convocation. - Fuller

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