Definitions for thereabouts
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. thereabout, thereaboutsadverb

   near that time or date

   "come at noon or thereabouts"

2. thereabout, thereaboutsadverb

   near that place

   "he stayed in London or thereabouts for several weeks"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Thereabout, Thereaboutsadverb

   thereabouts is therefore less proper.

   Etymology: there and about,

   1. Near that place.

   One speech I lov’d; ’twas Æneas’s tale to Dido; and thereabout of it especially, where he speaks of Priam’s slaughter. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

   2. Nearly; near that number, quantity, or state.

   Between the twelfth of king John and thirty-sixth of king Edward the third, containing one hundred and fifty years or thereabouts, there was a continual bordering war. Davies.

   Find a house to lodge a hundred and fifty persons, whereof twenty or thereabout may be attendants. John Milton.

   Some three months since, or thereabout,
   She found me out. John Suckling.

   Water is thirteen times rarer, and its resistance less than that of quicksilver thereabouts, as I have found by experiments with pendulums. Isaac Newton, Opticks.

   3. Concerning that matter.

   As they were much perplexed thereabout, two men stood by. Luke xxiv. 4.

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1. thereabouts

   "Thereabouts" is an adverb used to indicate an approximate amount, value, location, time, or degree. It is typically used when one does not know or does not need to state something exactly. It conveys a general idea that something is close to, or approximately around a certain number, area, point, or time.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Thereaboutsadverb

   near that place

2. Thereaboutsadverb

   near that number, degree, or quantity; nearly; as, ten men, or thereabouts

3. Thereaboutsadverb

   concerning that; about that

Anagrams for thereabouts »

1. breathes out

How to pronounce thereabouts?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say thereabouts in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of thereabouts in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of thereabouts in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of thereabouts in a Sentence

1. Henry Rotich:

   We are looking at between $500-$600 million or thereabouts, this report is not yet out and as soon as we get it and we interrogate it and we feel comfortable with it, then we will know the actual numbers that the experts recommend.

2. Mats Wilander:

   If Murray was injured he would not be playing here at all, i think because he is out there and playing he is 100 percent fit. Or thereabouts... nobody is ever 100 percent, but he is there or thereabouts.

3. P. G. Wodehouse:

   At the age of eleven or thereabouts women acquire a poise and an ability to handle difficult situations which a man, if he is lucky, manages to achieve somewhere in the later seventies.

4. Heywood Broun:

   The most prolific period of pessimism comes at twenty-one or thereabouts, when the first attempt is made to translate dreams into reality.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=thereabouts
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=thereabouts
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thereabouts