thereabouts

English

Etymology

From Middle English there-aboutes, þare aboutes, equivalent to thereabout +‎ -s. For the noun, compare whereabouts.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

thereabouts (not comparable)

Alternative form of thereabout

Noun

thereabouts pl (plural only)

(plural only) Location
- 1905, Robert Ernest Vernède, The Pursuit of Mr. Faviel, page 89:
  True, he had stopped at Langston Bucket by chance, and there was no reason why Mr. Boke should theorise as to his thereabouts.
- 2014, Dave Duncan, The Stricken Field:
  My companions are not far off, and are aware of my thereabouts.

See also

Here-, there-, and where- words

(about): hereabout, thereabout, whereabout
(abouts): hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts
(after): hereafter, thereafter, whereafter
(again): thereagain
(against): thereagainst, whereagainst
(among): thereamong, whereamong
(around): therearound
(as): thereas, whereas
(at): hereat, thereat, whereat
(before): herebefore, therebefore
(beside): therebeside
(by): hereby, thereby, whereby
(fore): herefore, therefore, wherefore
(from): herefrom, therefrom, wherefrom
(in): herein, therein, wherein
(in after): hereinafter, thereinafter, whereinafter
(in before): hereinbefore, thereinbefore, whereinbefore
(into): hereinto, thereinto, whereinto
(of): hereof, thereof, whereof
(on): hereon, thereon, whereon
(to): hereto, thereto, whereto
(tofore): heretofore, theretofore, wheretofore
(under): hereunder, thereunder, whereunder
(unto): hereunto, thereunto, whereunto
(upon): hereupon, thereupon, whereupon
(with): herewith, therewith, wherewith
(withal): herewithal, therewithal, wherewithal

References

“thereabouts” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.

Anagrams

breathes out, outbreathes

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