Word Study
just about
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial just about has 1 sense
- just about(r = adv.all) about, approximately, around, close to, more or less, or so, roughly, some - (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party"
THESAURUS
just about
about, all but, almost, approximately, around, as good as, circa, close, close upon, closely, near, near enough to, near upon, nearabout, nearly, nigh, nighhand, not quite, practically, pretty near, somewhere about, upwards of, well-nigh
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