"just about" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

Audio: En-au-just about.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|adverb}} just about
  1. (idiomatic) Approximately, very nearly. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: approximately Translations (approximately): zowat (Dutch), jokseenkin (Finnish), jotakuinkin (Finnish), kutakuinkin (Finnish), noin (Finnish), kohta (Finnish), pian (english: soon) (Finnish), ledwie (Polish), prawie (Polish), aproximadamente (Portuguese), casi (Spanish), por poco (Spanish), mal que bien (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-just_about-en-adv-wI4WX23V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for just about meaning in All languages combined (2.1kB)

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