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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Abreast \A*breast"\, adverb [Pref. a- + breast.]
1. Side by side, with breasts in a line; as, ''Two men could hardly walk abreast.'' --Macaulay.
2. (Naut.) Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam; -- with of.
3. Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of [or with] the present state of science.
4. At the same time; simultaneously. [Obs.]
Abreast therewith began a convocation. --Fuller.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
abreast
adverb: alongside each other, facing on the same direction
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "abreast": abeam, acquainted, along by, alongside, au courant, au fait, beside, by, coextensively, collaterally, contemporary, conversant, equidistantly, in parallel, informed, nondivergently, parallelly, parallelwise, red-hot, side-by-side, up, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute, versed
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