Modern English usage. 2014.
thereabouts — [ther′ə bouts΄] adv. 1. near that place 2. near that time or point in action, speech, etc. 3. near that number, amount, degree, etc.: Also thereabout * * * there·a·bouts (thâr ə boutsʹ) also … Universalium
thereabouts — c.1400, from O.E. þærabutan + adverbial genitive es; see THERE (Cf. there) + ABOUT (Cf. about) … Etymology dictionary
thereabouts — (also thereabout) ► ADVERB 1) near that place. 2) used to indicate that a date or figure is approximate … English terms dictionary
thereabouts — [ther′ə bouts΄] adv. 1. near that place 2. near that time or point in action, speech, etc. 3. near that number, amount, degree, etc.: Also thereabout … English World dictionary
Thereabouts — Thereabout There a*bout , Thereabouts There a*bouts , adv. [The latter spelling is less proper, but more commonly used.] 1. Near that place. [1913 Webster] 2. Near that number, degree, or quantity; nearly; as, ten men, or thereabouts. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
thereabouts — [[t]ðe͟ərəba͟ʊts[/t]] PHRASE: n/num PHR You add or thereabouts after a number or date to indicate that it is approximate. He told us that her age was forty eight or thereabouts... By 1997 or thereabouts Athens will have a new airport, plus the… … English dictionary
thereabouts — there|a|bouts [ ,ðerə bauts ] adverb near a particular place, amount, time, etc. that has been mentioned, but not exactly: or thereabouts: You ll end up paying an extra five percent or thereabouts … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
thereabouts — also there.a.bout adverb AmE near a particular time, place, number etc, but not exactly: or thereabouts: These houses were built in 1930 or thereabouts … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
thereabouts — adverb 1) the land thereabouts Syn: near there, around there, in that area 2) they sold it for five million or thereabouts Syn: approximately, roughly, or so, give or take, plus or minus, in round numbers, in the ballpark of … Thesaurus of popular words
thereabouts — UK [ˌðeərəˈbaʊts] / US [ˌðerəˈbaʊts] adverb near a particular place, amount, time etc that has been mentioned, but not exactly or thereabouts: You ll end up paying an extra five per cent or thereabouts … English dictionary
