ABREAST
\ɐbɹˈɛst], \ɐbɹˈɛst], \ɐ_b_ɹ_ˈɛ_s_t]\
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Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of [or with] the present state of science.
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At the same time; simultaneously.
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Side by side, with breasts in a line; as, Two men could hardly walk abreast.
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Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam; - with of.
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Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of [or with] the present state of science.
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At the same time; simultaneously.
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Side by side, with breasts in a line; as, Two men could hardly walk abreast.
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Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam; - with of.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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