JUST ABOUT DEFINITIONS - 5 definitions found
WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) 
just about
adv 1: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct;
"lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute";
"he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can
stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people
came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly
$3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so
people were at the party" [syn: approximately, about,
close to, just about, some, roughly, more or
less}, around, or so]
English Language Idioms 
just about
adv., informal Nearly; almost; practically. Just about everyone in town came
to hear the mayor speak. The dress came down to just about the middle of her knee.
Has Mary finished peeling the potatoes? Just about.
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) 
just about phrasal
almost <the work is just about done>
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary 
just about
see just
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "just about":
about, all but, almost, approximately, around, as good as, circa,
close, close upon, closely, near, near enough to, near upon,
nearabout, nearly, nigh, nighhand, not quite, practically,
pretty near, somewhere about, upwards of, well-nigh
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