thereabout

English

Etymology

there + about

Adverb

thereabout (not comparable)

  1. near that place, time or date
    Dinner will be ready at 6:30 or thereabout.
  2. approximately that number
    The speed of light is 186,000 miles per second, right? - Yes, thereabout.
  3. (obsolete) concerning that; about that
    Synonym: thereanent
    • Chaucer
      What will ye dine? I will go thereabout.
    • Luke xxiv. 4:
      They were much perplexed thereabout.

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    Here-, there- and where- words
    here hereabouthereaboutshereafterhereatherebeforeherebyhereforeherefromhereinhereinafterhereinbeforehereintohereofhereonheretoheretoforehereunderhereuntohereuponherewithherewithal
    there thereaboutthereaboutsthereafterthereagainthereagainstthereamongtherearoundthereasthereattherebeforetherebesidetherebythereforetherefromthereinthereinafterthereinbeforethereintothereofthereontheretotheretoforethereunderthereuntothereupontherewiththerewithal
    where whereaboutwhereaboutswhereafterwhereagainstwhereamongwhereaswhereatwherebywhereforewherefromwhereinwhereinafterwhereinbeforewhereintowhereofwhereonwheretowheretoforewhereunderwhereuntowhereuponwherewithwherewithal

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