Abreast

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Abreast \A*breast"\, adv. [Pref. a- + breast.]
     1. Side by side, with breasts in a line; as, "Two men could
        hardly walk abreast." --Macaulay.
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     2. (Naut.) Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a


        line with the vessel's beam; -- with of.
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     3. Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to
        keep abreast of [or with] the present state of science.
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     4. At the same time; simultaneously. [Obs.]
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              Abreast therewith began a convocation. --Fuller.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  abreast
       adv : alongside each other, facing on the same direction

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "abreast":
     abeam, acquainted, along by, alongside, au courant, au fait,
     beside, by, coextensively, collaterally, contemporary, conversant,
     equidistantly, in parallel, informed, nondivergently, parallelly,
     parallelwise, red-hot, side-by-side, up, up-to-date,
     up-to-the-minute, versed