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🏠 Beside or opposite 📄 About
anent

anent

9.9
About something or its details
  • adposition
  • /əˈnɛnt/
  • Archaic
translation icon : acerca de
  • He made inquiries anent the whereabouts of the missing files.

Examples

  • The report was anent the new regulations.

  • There was much discussion anent the future of the organization.

  • The document included several statements anent the proposed legislation.

  • I have some questions anent the project timeline.

  • The professor gave a lecture anent the effects of climate change on biodiversity.

  • The article discusses several issues anent the current political climate.

  • He had some questions anent the new policy changes that were recently introduced.

Synonyms

about
vsanent
∞ 1.0

On the subject of someone or something

is an older literary word used to mean the same concern
upon
vsanent
  • Formal
∞ 1.1

About something or depending on it

is archaic and rarer than other options
concerning
vsanent
1.0

About a subject

is an older term with a more formal or archaic tone
regarding
vsanent
1.0

About a particular subject

is a rarer older form often found in old writing

Surface Forms

anent main

Etymology

Anent also came to be used to mean 'about' or 'concerning' in older English and Scots, so 'anent the plan' simply means 'about the plan'.