ABOUT TO

Destiny

Adjective: impending; Verb: destined; about to be, happen; coming, in store, to come, going to happen, instant, at hand, near; near, close at hand; over hanging, hanging over one's head, imminent; brewing, preparing, forthcoming; int he wind, on the cards, in reserve; that will, is to be; in prospect; (expected); looming in the distance, horizon, future; unborn, in embryo; int he womb of time, futurity; pregnant; (producing).

Futurity

Soon; (early); on the eve of, on the point of, on the brink of; about to; close upon.

Crosswords: ABOUT TO

Some lucky boy's about to hit the honey pot. The winner will receive an evening of my company (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

It means, buckle your seatbelt, Dorothy, because Kansas is about to go bye-bye (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski.)

He jumps about to music (Singin' in the Rain; writing credit: Betty Comden; Adolph Green)

I love you. And I'm about to boldly go where many men have gone before (Almost Famous; writing credit: Cameron Crowe)

Now you're a man about to be married (Coming to America; writing credit: David Sheffield)

I'm about to give you all of my money ("Respect"; performing artist: Aretha Franklin)

Was about to go home when there she was standing there in front of me (The Call; performing artist: Backstreet Boys)

Oo, I heard it through the grapevine, and I'm just about to lose my mind (I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE; performing artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival)

WHEW ABOUT TO SLIP DOWN (Working In A Coal Mine; performing artist: Devo)

Listen, yo' ass is about to be missin (Party Up; performing artist: DMX)

If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to. (references; author: unknown)

We Who Are About to Die (1936)

For Those About to Rock: Monsters in Moscow (1992)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Blanco and Things about to Disappear (reference)

• A Handbook for Engaged Couples: A Communication Tool for Those About to Be Married (reference)

• My Tooth Is About to Fall Out (Hello Reader (Level 1)) (reference)

• The Customer Is about to Revolt!: 5 Key Actions to Quell an Uprising (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• About to Burst (reference)

• Y'All About to See (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Nymph of head louse, Pediculus humanus var capitis, about to emerge from egg. Note missing egg cap. Parasite. Credit: CDC.

4 diamondback terrapins about to be released in wild. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Double-rigged shrimp trawler with bag of one net about to be opened. Credit: Fisheries.

The crane lowers the first section into place, it is just about to be dropped into the notched dam. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Zostera marina, eelgrass, about to be transplanted. These plants were harvested from Damerion Marsh by the mouth of the Great Wicomico River. Submerged aquatic vegetation is a critical habitat that stabilizes sediments, oxygenates water and provides habitat. Historically the Chesapeake Bay had over 600,000 acres of SAV, now there is approximately 69,000 acres. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Flown by pilots from the German Air Force's 73rd Fighter Squadron, Soviet built MiG-29 Fulcrums, stationed at Laage Air Base, Germany, lineup with F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 555th Fighter Squadron, Aviano AB, Italy. The two teams are about to engage i.

Herb Webb (left), NRCS Resource Conservationist, Flathead Indian Reservation Tribal Complex, Pablo, MT, and Joel Clairmont, tribal member, local extension agent, grain, hay, and cattle producer, discuss the quality of alfalfa he is about to bale. Clairmon. Credit: Bob Nichols.

Caption: Official of the 1930 Edison Scholarship Contest Addressing Contestants {Who Are about to Take the Examination?}; 1930; {13.200/51} (jpg).

Caption: Miller Reese Hutchison about to Ignite Film Used in the Edison Home Projecting Kinetoscope to Test its Flammability; West Orange, NJ; 1913; {23.100/15} (jpg).

[Doctor (?) about to receive an injection in his arm from another doctor (?), New Orleans, La.]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

This every one thinks necessary, and believes he deserves to be thought a declared enemy to society and mankind, who should go about to take it away. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The Count seemed about to ask further questions, but checked himself

"It's at times like this, when I'm stuck in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelegeuse about to die of asphyxiation in deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was little." "Why, what did she tell you?" "I don't know, I didn't listen!"

In company one day he heard an account of a criminal case that was about to be tried

A burly policeman sweated behind him and seemed at every moment about to act.

For a moment he was about to walk on down the road, but instead he sat on the running board on the side away from the restaurant

And therefore when he was again about to move, I screamed as loud as fear could make me.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

The prodrome phase signals that an episode of nausea and vomiting is about to begin. (references)

When someone has a repeating but stable pattern of angina, an episode of angina does not mean that a heart attack is about to happen. (references)

Patients with angina are at an increased risk of heart attack compared with those who have no symptoms of cardiovascular disease, but the episode of angina is not a signal that a heart attack is about to happen. (references)

Business

As several new compact van models are about to be introduced, overall sales should rise, giving this sector the most growth and making it even more competitive. (references)

Volvo and Audi, companies that never manufactured off-road cars before, are about to do so. Renault now has both vans and SUVs with four-wheel-drive and Porsche is about to bring out a sports version. (references)

This application has been submitted to the National Committee for Communications two years ago. Another application that is about to be granted is to Telecom, which belongs to the group of companies of Mr. Tegopoulos. (references)

Economic History

Brazil

Angra II is under construction and, after years of delays, is about to come on line. (references)

Chile

This process is about to be completed and the concessions will subsequently be awarded. (references)

Switzerland

Swiss companies are leaders in producing BSE tests and are about to complete the development of the first vaccination. (references)

Human Rights

Peru

He had been serving a 7-year sentence for stealing a tricycle and was about to be pardoned for good behavior. (references)

Fiji

The law provides that a person may be arrested only if police believe that a criminal law has been broken or is about to be broken. (references)

El Salvador

The law requires the police to have a resident's consent, a warrant, or a reasonable belief that a crime is under way or is about to be committed, before entering a private dwelling. (references)

Political Economy

Western Sahara

In September 2000, security forces in civilian dress detained a fourth Sahrawi at the Laayoune airport as he was about to board a flight to the Canary Islands. (references)

Trade

Colombia

The Resolution requires product testing for those producers or importers that lack a valid certificate of conformity or are about to expire. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "ABOUT TO": about to die ♦ about to do ♦ about to go ♦ about to happen ♦ be about to ♦ be about to do it ♦ be about to do smth. ♦ cast about to ♦ person about to be married. Additional references.

Albanian

përgatitem (await, be about to, impend, prepare, study, work up), jam gati të (be about to, would). (various references)

Arabic 

‏على وشك (hairbreadth, imminence, upon). (various references)

Chinese 

行將 (be about to), 曈 (sun about to rise), 即將 (on the eve of, to be about to, to be on the verge of), 差點�' (almost; just about to). (various references)

Czech

hodlat (be about to, intend, think), chystat se (be about to, be in the offing, get ready, prepare). (various references)

Danish

tog klart til afgang (train about to depart). (various references)

Dutch

trein die vertrekklaar is (train about to depart), op sprong staan (be about to), klaar zýn voor (be about to). (various references)

Finnish

alkamaisillaan (about to begin), aioin juuri lähteä (I was just about to leave), olla tekemäisillään jotakin (be about to), olla putoamaisillaan (be about to fall, be on the point of falling), olla lähdössä (be about to leave), olin putoamaisillani (I nearly fell, I was about to fall, I was on the point of falling), olin juuri menossa ulos (I was just about to go out), lähtemäisillään (about to leave). (various references)

French

train en partance (train about to depart), se préparer (be about to). (various references)

German

abfahrbereiter Zug (train about to depart), sich anschicken (be about to, be on the point of, get ready, prepare), im Begriff sein zu (gonna US, to be about to, to be on the point of), im begriff sein (be about to, to be about to). (various references)

Greek 

για (about, for, to, unto). (various references)

Hebrew 

עומ�" (going to, intending, platform, post, stand, stand up, standing, standing place). (various references)

Hungarian

azon van hogy. (various references)

Indonesian

akan (burr, shall, will, would). (various references)

Italian

treno in partenza (train about to depart), preparare (arrange, be about to, concoct, dress, finish, fit, get ready, lay, make, prepare, prime). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

摩る (to be about to reach, to be equal to, to chafe, to file, to frost, to graze, to grind, to pat, to polish, to rub, to rub off, to scrape, to strike, to stroke), 武者修行 (traveling about to gain skill in combat), 乗り掛かる (to be about to board, to be riding on, to collide with, to get on top of, to lean over, to set about), 乗り掛ける (to be about to board, to be riding on, to collide with, to get on top of, to lean over, to set about), 入り掛ける (to be about to enter), 出掛け (about to start out, just about to leave or go out), 出掛 (about to start out, just about to leave or go out), 俎板の鯉 (about to be cut off and unable to do anything, confronted with a hopeless situation), 俎の鯉 (about to be cut off and unable to do anything, confronted with a hopeless situation). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

まないたの�"い (about to be cut off and unable to do anything, confronted with a hopeless situation), さする (to be about to reach, to be equal to, to graze, to grind, to pat, to polish, to rub off, to scrape, to stroke), のりかかる (to be about to board, to be riding on, to collide with, to get on top of, to lean over, to set about), のりかける (to be about to board, to be riding on, to collide with, to get on top of, to lean over, to set about), でがけ (about to start out, just about to leave or go out), いりかける (to be about to enter), むしゃしゅぎょう (knight errantry, samurai drill, traveling about to gain skill in combat). (various references)

Maya

ta'ay-tak (to be about to). (various references)

Pig Latin

aboutay otay.(various references)

Portuguese

prestes a (about, bound, ready to), para (for, in, in order to, onto, per, to, toward, towards). (various references)

Romanian

plãnui (cast about to, conceive, contemplate, devise, meditate, plan, project, scheme, stage), intenţiona sã (cast about to, intend), fi gata sã facã ceva (be about to do smth.). (various references)

Russian 

собираться (assemble, be ~ intended to, be about to, be going, be intended to, club, collect, congregate, forgather, gather, get set to, get together, meet, meet together, reunite), не собираться (be not about to). (various references)

Scottish

impis (imis, in the phr. : an impis, like to;). (various references)

Spanish

a punto de salir (about to go), tren preparado para salir (train about to depart), estar a punto de hacerlo (be about to do it). (various references)

Swedish

stå i begrepp att (be about to), skola (academy, be about to, be going to, college, school, teach, train, transplant). (various references)

Turkish

-mek üzere, üzere (on the brink of, on the verge of). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: about, battu, taboo.

-3 letters: abut, auto, batt, boat, boot, bota, bott, bout, butt, otto, tabu, taut, toot, tout, tuba.

-4 letters: abo, att, bat, boa, boo, bot, but, oat, oot, out, tab, tao, tat, tau, too, tot, tub, tut, uta.

-5 letters: ab, at, ba, bo, ta, to, ut.

+1 letter: outboast.

+2 letters: obturator, outboasts.

+3 letters: obturation, obturators, outboasted, roustabout.

+4 letters: obturations, outboasting, roustabouts.

+5 letters: autoantibody, automobilist, automobility.