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thereabouts

Pronunciation: /ðɛəɹəˈbaʊts/

The English word “thereabouts” has 7 meanings listed here.

adverb

  1. About or near that place.
  2. About or around that date or time.
  3. About or near to that condition or quality.
  4. Approximately that number or quantity.
  5. About that; concerning that.
  6. Near to that activity or situation.

noun

  1. Location; whereabouts.

Etymology

The adverb is derived from Middle English there-aboutes, þare aboutes (“of a place or an object: around there, in its vicinity; of time: about then, around that time”) [and other forms], from ther (“in that place, in those places, there; on that; thither, to that place; from there, thence; at that time; thereupon; in that situation, under those circumstances; in that case, with regard to that”)…

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