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Abreast   /əbrˈɛst/   Listen
adverb
Abreast  adv.  
1.
Side by side, with breasts in a line; as, "Two men could hardly walk abreast."
2.
(Naut.) Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam; with of.
3.
Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of (or with) the present state of science.
4.
At the same time; simultaneously. (Obs.) "Abreast therewith began a convocation."





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"Abreast" Quotes from Famous Books



... they were able to make out three craft astern of them. Two were almost abreast of each other, the ...
— By Pike and Dyke: A Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic • G.A. Henty
... TO THE RIGHT, MARCH, SQUAD, HALT.—(At command "To the Right") Rear rank falls back 60 inches. At March, all face to right and leading man of each rank steps off, followed by the others at four-pace intervals, rear-rank men marching abreast of their file leaders. When halted all ...
— Military Instructors Manual • James P. Cole and Oliver Schoonmaker
... passing between St. Pierre and his wife in the hour that followed. The bateau kept abreast of the raft, moving neither faster nor slower than it did, and twice he surrendered to the desire to scan the deck of the floating timbers through his binoculars. But the cabin held St. Pierre and Marie-Anne, and he saw neither of them again until the sun was setting. ...
— The Flaming Forest • James Oliver Curwood
... bell for vespers," said Kitty, as they strolled slowly back toward the Hall, five abreast and arm in arm. With one accord they began to hum the hymn with which the service always opened,—"Day is dying in ...
— The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation • Annie Fellows Johnston
... enjoyed by certain other institutions of society. The other type is progressive. It has been continually finding adjustment to its environment, fitting itself to meet local needs, and is therefore abreast of the times in educational science. The demand of the age is that the progressive school keep advancing, and as fast as possible the backward school work up to the ...
— Society - Its Origin and Development • Henry Kalloch Rowe


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