"be about" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "is about",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "being about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "was about",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "been about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "be<is,being,was,been> about"
      },
      "expansion": "be about (third-person singular simple present is about, present participle being about, simple past was about, past participle been about)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
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      ],
      "id": "en-be_about-en-verb-47DEQpj8",
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "know what one is about"
        },
        {
          "word": "what someone is about"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss",
        "translation-hub"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shì guānyú",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "是關於 /是关于"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "gaan over"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "with-elative"
          ],
          "word": "kertoa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "with-partitive"
          ],
          "word": "käsitellä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "s’agir de (e.g. \"il s'agit de ...\")"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "concerner"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "être au sujet de"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "note": "sich handeln um (e.g. \"es handelt sich um ...\")",
          "sense": "Translations"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "note": "e.g. \"es geht um ...\"",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "gehen um"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "von ... sein"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "über ... sein"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "aforá",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "αφορά"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "chodzić o"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "być o"
        },
        {
          "alt": "e.g. О чём эта книга? - copula is omitted in the present",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bytʹ o",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "быть о"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "this is about ... (more abstract topics)",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rečʹ idjót o ...",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "речь идёт о ..."
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "rondar"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "tratar(se) de"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "tratar(se) sobre"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "tratar(se) acerca de"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "be about"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "is about",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "being about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "was about",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "been about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "be<is,being,was,been> about"
      },
      "expansion": "be about (third-person singular simple present is about, present participle being about, simple past was about, past participle been about)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "know what one is about"
    },
    {
      "word": "what someone is about"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"about\"",
        "English verbs",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss",
        "translation-hub"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shì guānyú",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "是關於 /是关于"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "gaan over"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "with-elative"
      ],
      "word": "kertoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "with-partitive"
      ],
      "word": "käsitellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "s’agir de (e.g. \"il s'agit de ...\")"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "concerner"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "être au sujet de"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "sich handeln um (e.g. \"es handelt sich um ...\")",
      "sense": "Translations"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "e.g. \"es geht um ...\"",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "gehen um"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "von ... sein"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "über ... sein"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aforá",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "αφορά"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "chodzić o"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "być o"
    },
    {
      "alt": "e.g. О чём эта книга? - copula is omitted in the present",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bytʹ o",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "быть о"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "this is about ... (more abstract topics)",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rečʹ idjót o ...",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "речь идёт о ..."
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "rondar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "tratar(se) de"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "tratar(se) sobre"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "tratar(se) acerca de"
    }
  ],
  "word": "be about"
}