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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abreast \A*breast"\, adv [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 1.6 [wn]:
abreast
adj : beside one another in a row or rank; "they came down the
street two abreast" [syn: {arow}]
adv : alongside each other facing on the same direction
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