"be all about" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: is all about [present, singular, third-person], being all about [participle, present], was all about [past], been all about [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|be<is,being,was,been> all about}} be all about (third-person singular simple present is all about, present participle being all about, simple past was all about, past participle been all about)
  1. (colloquial) To deal with, to be focused on. Tags: colloquial Translations (deal with): s’agir de (French), gehen um (German), sich handeln um (German), sich drehen um (German), lidiar con (Spanish), enfocarse en (Spanish), tratarse de (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-be_all_about-en-verb-WlFkUVy6 Disambiguation of 'deal with': 99 1
  2. (colloquial) To love, to enjoy, to be interested in. Tags: colloquial Translations (be interested in): abfahren auf [colloquial] (German), estar interesado en (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-be_all_about-en-verb-AGFyRAL8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of 'be interested in': 6 94

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for be all about meaning in English (2.4kB)

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