abreast

Meaning

Adv

1. (not-comparable) Side by side and facing forward.
2. (figuratively, not-comparable) Alongside; parallel to.
3. (not-comparable) Informed, well-informed, familiar, acquainted.
4. (not-comparable) Followed by of or with: up to a certain level or line; equally advanced.
5. (Scotland, not-comparable) Breast high (of an advancing wave).
6. (not-comparable) Side by side; also, opposite; on a line with the vessel's beam.
7. (not-comparable, obsolete) At the same time; simultaneously.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Side by side, facing forward.
2. (figuratively, not-comparable) Alongside; parallel to.
3. (not-comparable) Informed, well-informed, familiar, acquainted.
4. (not-comparable) Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced
5. (not-comparable) Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam.

Prep

Abreast of; alongside.

Synonyms

side by side

alongside

au fait

up on

au courant

parallel

beside

across

at the same time

concurrent

crossways

crosswise

even

forward

level

multiple

onward

parallel connection

paralleling

parallelism

shunt

sideways

simultaneously

up

🆙

therewhile

occurring together

vanward

over against

shunt connection

connection in parallel

in-bridge

install in parallel

abeam

cotemporally

against

arrangement

at once

at one time

aware

broadside

cognizant

coincidently

cold turkey

Translations

nebeneinander

côte à côte

zij aan zij

de front

naast elkaar

lado a lado

Seite an Seite

bekend

al traverso

gelijke tred houdend

affiancato

auf dem Laufenden

di pari passo

παραπλεύρως

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈbɹɛst/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: abrest

In summary

From Middle English abrest. By surface analysis, a- (“on, at”) + breast, meaning “breasts (chests) in line, side-by-side and exactly equally advanced”; roughly “breast-by-breast”.