thereabouts

CEFRB2

/ðɛəɹəˈbaʊts/

adverb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adverb

    Near that place or amount.

  2. 02

    adverb

    Extra detail

    Synonym of thereabout:

Examples

  • He went off to the People's Square or somewhere thereabouts.

  • I might arrive in Kashgar or somewhere thereabouts tomorrow.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

adverb

Extra meanings

  1. About or near that place.

  2. About or around that date or time.

  3. About or near to that condition or quality.

More examples

In context

  • [W]e reſolv'd to put into a ſmall River, which however had a Depth enough of Water for us, and to ſee if we could, either over Land, or by the Ship's Pinnace, come to know what Ships were in any Port thereabouts.

  • Quite a few minutes would be spun out, for instance, at the smallish town of Chirk, but to me the dalliance was generally worthwhile, except in wet weather, because of the increasing beauty of the wooded hill scenery thereabouts.

  • Fiue or ſix thouſand horſe I ſed, I will ſay true, or thereabouts ſet downe, for Ile ſpeake truth.

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Origin

adverb

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”) (from Old English þǣr (“there”)) + aboutes (“in all directions, around”, adverb), aboutes (“in all directions from, on all sides of; near; concerned with”, preposition) (from aboute, abouten (“so as to surround; so as to cover; on the border or edge; as measured around the outside; to as to travel ar...