abreast

Word parts

a- + breast

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /əˈbrɛst/

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Preposition

Preposition abreast

1. If you keep or stay abreast of something, you regularly read or study the most recent information about it.

   Have you been keeping abreast of the news from Iraq?

2. If two things are abreast, they are side by side.

   They walked in a long line, three abreast.

   The second place runner has almost drawn abreast of the leader.

Synonyms

• in line

Related words

• breast