Meanings
verbbe about (third-person singular simple present is about, present participle being about, simple past was about, past participle been about)
present singular third person is about · participle present being about · past was about · participle past been about
- transitiveTo have (something) as a primary focus.
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 是關於 /是关于
- 是關於 /是关于 (shì guānyú)to have (something) as a primary focus
Dutch gaan over
- gaan overto have (something) as a primary focus
Esperanto temi
- temito have (something) as a primary focus
Finnish kertoa, käsitellä
- kertoato have (something) as a primary focus
- käsitelläto have (something) as a primary focus
French s'agir de (e.g. "il s'agit de ..."), concerner
- s'agir de (e.g. "il s'agit de ...")to have (something) as a primary focus
- concernerto have (something) as a primary focus
- être au sujet deto have (something) as a primary focus
German gehen um, von ... sein
- gehen umto have (something) as a primary focus
- von ... seinto have (something) as a primary focus
- über ... seinto have (something) as a primary focus
Greek αφορά
- αφορά (aforá)to have (something) as a primary focus
Polish chodzić o, być o
- chodzić oto have (something) as a primary focus
- być oto have (something) as a primary focus
Russian быть о, речь идёт о ...
- быть о (bytʹ o)to have (something) as a primary focus
- речь идёт о ... (rečʹ idjót o ...)to have (something) as a primary focus
Spanish rondar, tratar(se) de/sobre/“acerca de”
- rondarto have (something) as a primary focus
- tratar(se) de/sobre/“acerca de”to have (something) as a primary focus
- versar sobre/“acerca de”to have (something) as a primary focus
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APA
be about. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/be%20about
MLA
“be about.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/be%20about. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “be about,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/be%20about.
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