transcription, транскрипция: [ əbrest ]
1.
If people or things walk or move abreast , they are next to each other, side by side, and facing in the same direction.
The steep pavement was too narrow for them to walk abreast.
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2.
If you are abreast of someone or something, you are level with them or in line with them.
As he drew abreast of the man he pretended to stumble.
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3.
If you keep abreast of a subject, you know all the most recent facts about it.
He will be keeping abreast of the news...
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