Abreast

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adv At the same time; simultaneously.

II. Abreast ·adv Side by side, with breasts in a line; as, "Two men could hardly walk abreast.".

III. Abreast ·adv Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam;

— with of.

IV. Abreast ·adv Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of [or with] the present state of science.

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