Summary
about {adverb}
ongeveer · op het punt · circulerend · in omloop · in omloop zijnd · aangaande · betreffende · omtrent · wat betreft · aan · met · over · van · circa · een stuk of · plusminus · zowat · om ... heen · rondom
about {preposition}
om · rond · omheen · bij · in de buurt · op het punt staan
English-Dutch translation for "about"
"about" Dutch translation
about {adverb}
Our good friend Chris has about a six percent -- but with a bullet, I might add.
The results of the analysis should be available round about the middle of 2001.
And about 10 percent of the visually impaired people get visual hallucinations.
About 2 million people are currently employed in the European textile industry.
And that means that a transistor corresponds to about 12 ion channels in parallel.
about {adv.}
But now, something is about to happen...... that has not happened...... for an age.
I also have concerns about how they will be implemented and how they will be policed.
And he should have said, "What a strange, long trip it's about to become."
Perhaps I should emphasize that the 1997 fishing season is about to get under way.
We are about to discuss the appointment of the Board of the Central Bank.
about {adv.} (also: abroad)
There is some misinformation about the content of the proposals in circulation.
There is contradictory information about what will happen in the meantime.
to be about
about
about {adv.} (also: abroad)
Secondly, in relation to the effective provisions about vicarious penalties.
However the EPLP has strong reservations about the following areas.
I was not entirely happy about the provisions with regard to animals under three months old.
This leads me to Mr Trakatellis ' question about traceability.
Fourthly, let me say something about the disagreement on secondary purposes.
about {adv.} (also: with reference to)
We keep talking about the regulatory authorities of the Member States concerned.
There was a well known sentence about the conditions concerning egg-laying hens, in 1988.
Mrs Lulling makes the point about the 1986 directive of helping spouses.
I 'd like to hear what our counterparts in the stricken countries have to say about this!
I would also like to know what the Commissioner thinks about Amendment No 15.
Our range of concerns about relations with Taiwan also falls into this category.
I had serious doubts about the conclusions of this study and the methods used.
Parliament expressed its concerns about the pipeline project as early as January 2000.
There are a few points in the report which increase my doubts about its practicability.
I am convinced that we need more research into the problem of noise, and more knowledge about it.
about {adv.}
I would admit that there are, however, some doubts about the state of hake stocks.
We also share your opinion about the link between environmental and regional policy.
The concerns about environmental pollution and public health are understandable.
We share the same world view about life, the environment and social issues.
On the other hand, we have strong reservations about the method used.
So far I haven't heard... shit about what you're going to do about all this crap!
It's a film about Maya Gretel, a famous ceramicist, and a teacher at Cranbrook.
But last night, when you played that piece, he was the one I was thinking about.
But then, the more I thought about it, the more I had to be honest with myself.
But it's saying that what we can do about it is very little, at a very high cost.
I mean, it's about picking battles big enough to matter but small enough to win.
Our good friend Chris has about a six percent -- but with a bullet, I might add.
So we talked to kids about that, and we really start to feed kids regional food.
In this instance we are talking about a concentration that is 4,000 time greater.
But success in this area will only come about if we have an inclusive approach.
I would like to conclude by taking up Mrs Roth-Behrendt’ s point about research.
Thirdly, are there differences of opinion about the study within the Commission?
I want to talk specifically about jobs, competitiveness and the internal market.
So we talked to kids about that, and we really start to feed kids regional food.
I would like to speak about the section of the report which talks about Turkey.
I mean, it's about picking battles big enough to matter but small enough to win.
I would like to speak about the section of the report which talks about Turkey.
– The question is specifically about strengthening democratic forces in Iran.
There is no complacency, no fragility and no ambiguity about any of that at all.
I thought the EU was all about the free movement of goods, services and labour.
We plan to pay out about EUR 50 million for the period between 2007 and 2013.
In about ten years ' time, we expect this electronic scrap heap to have doubled in size.
It is estimated that about 50 % of these people do not have a private car at their disposal.
Post-1999, this figure will come down to about 7 % or 8 % of the EU Structural Fund package 2000-2005.
Half of the total lent, about EUR 5.7 billion, was used for that purpose in 2000.
about {adv.} (also: approximately)
We did this with food technologists in India and Pakistan -- really about three of them.
And what these images are -- you'll see them at the start of the slide show -- there's only about four images -- but it's of a little bear
It is just about the only agreement that the WTO members managed to reach in Cancún.
This has become my favorite way of videographing just about any space.
And as you saw just about a month ago, Watson from IBM beat the two champions in Jeopardy.
I think that Christmas was celebrated in Cuba, and that is about all.
I have given the slide show that I gave here two years ago about 2,000 times.
about {adv.}
We need to be very clear about that here.
A year later, I was listening to all the noise about the Middle East conflict.
So he taught me that physics is cool because it teaches us so much about the world around us.
My colleague Mr Dirk Sterckx's specific suggestions about ports of refuge are particularly appropriate.
And if you look at the species level, you saw about fish.
Another point is Parliament’ s discharge and the discussion that has come about surrounding Strasbourg.
about {preposition}
I mean, it's about picking battles big enough to matter but small enough to win.
It is not about the software industry, about Microsoft versus European companies.
In this respect, it is the right time to be talking about the GROTIUS programme.
The suicide attacks are preventing Israelis from being able to move about freely.
We are talking about deregulation and increased flexibility on the labour market.
33 percent of all of our regrets pertain to decisions we made about education.
These are headlines about what's been going on with women in the next few years.
Sister Mary Kevin had been bandying it about my second-grade class at school.
He lets them take what they want and he says, "Usually, it's about 50 percent.
and winds averaging about 40 knots for most of the voyage and up to 70 or 80 knots.
There is also a quite different aspect of the agreement which has a considerable air of secrecy about it.
You were rather circumspect in your speech today, so let's be frank about it: this is an absolute scandal.
The only point, and we must not beat about the bush here of course, is that it was the Michelin affair that gave rise to this debate.
What is being lost in a continued stalemate – let us be clear about this – is being lost first and foremost by developing countries.
We have also asked ourselves about social development and the rights of passengers.
This is, of course, precisely what cohesion policy and regional policy are about.
I had already complained about this in committee vis à vis the language services.
We do not hesitate to talk about models when we are discussing social issues.
At IDEO there’s a kind of a back-to-preschool feel sometimes about the environment.
about {prp.}
If you hear a lot about tiger attacks, there must be a lot of tigers around.
You don't hear about lion attacks, there aren't a lot of lions around.
Are they happy about that at your neighbouring car boot sale?
So we may not think about them, but they're always around.
We have an objective assessment of the short-term damage, which runs to about EUR one billion.
about {prp.}
The text that we are about to adopt is an important step in this direction.
You will be aware that we are about to approve the Minutes of the sitting.
You have announced that the ministers are about to meet.
This is a genuine Community interest, particularly now that we are about to open up the energy markets in Europe.
Synonyms
Synonyms (English) for "about":
© Princeton Universityapproximately · close to · just about · some · roughly · more or less · around · or so · almost · most · nearly · near · nigh · virtually · well-nigh
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Usage examples for "about" in Dutch
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