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abreast

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Adverb

  1. Side by side and facing forward.
  2. Alongside; parallel to.
  3. Informed, well-informed, familiar, acquainted.
  4. Followed by of or with: up to a certain level or line; equally advanced.
  5. Breast high (of an advancing wave).
  6. Side by side; also, opposite; on a line with the vessel's beam.
  7. At the same time; simultaneously.

Adjective

  1. Side by side, facing forward.
  2. Alongside; parallel to.
  3. Informed, well-informed, familiar, acquainted.
  4. Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced
  5. Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam.

Preposition

  1. Abreast of; alongside.

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