Thesaurus: abreast

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1. adv. Side by side, with breasts in a line; as, "Two men could hardly walk abreast."
2. adv. Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam; -- with of.
3. adv. Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of [or with] the present state of science.
4. adv. At the same time; simultaneously.
5. adj. being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge
6. adv. alongside each other, facing in the same direction
7. 1. Side by side, with breasts in a line; as, "Two men could hardly walk abreast." Macaulay. 2. (Naut.) Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam; -- with of. 3. Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of [or with] the present state of science. 4. At the same time; simultaneously. [Obs.] Abreast therewith began a convocation. Fuller.
8. Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with thevessel's beam; -- with of.
9. j:100 s. being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge r. alongside each other, facing in the same direction