About

a·bout   [uh-bout]
preposition
1. of; concerning; in regard to: instructions about the work; a book about the Civil War.
2. connected or associated with: There was an air of mystery about him.
3. near; close to: a man about my height; about six o’clock.
4. in or somewhere near: He is about the house.
5. on every side of; around: the railing about the excavation.