The other day we heard someone smilingly refer to poets as dreamers. Now, it…
2025
The other day we heard someone smilingly refer to poets as dreamers. Now, it is accurate to refer to poets as dreamers, but it is not discerning to infer, as this person did, that the dreams of poets have no practical value beyond the realm of literary diversion, The truth is that poets are just as practical as people who build bridges or look into microscopes, and just as close to reality and truth. Where they differ from the logician and the scientist is in the temporal sense alone; they are ahead of their time, whereas logicians and scientists are abreast with their time. We must not be so superficial that we fail to discern the practicability of dreams.
What does the phrase “are abreast with their time” mean?
- A.
Ahead of the time
- B.
At par with their times
- C.
Behind times
- D.
Catching up to current trends
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Correct answer: B
Correct Answer : Option B
Explanation –
The correct option is option 2 “at par with their times”.
The word 'abreast' means 'to be equal or alongside in progress' and thus abreast with time means staying at par with time.
Hence, the correct option is (B).