different between thereabout vs whereunder

thereabout

English

Etymology

there +? about

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?ð?????ba?t/

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
    • What will ye dine? I will go thereabout.
    • They were much perplexed thereabout.

Synonyms

  • thereabouts

Derived terms

  • thereabouts

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Anagrams

  • breathe out, outbreathe

thereabout From the web:

  • what does whereabouts mean
  • meaning whereabouts


whereunder

English

Etymology

where +? under

Adverb

whereunder (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Under which or what.
    • 1911, David Graham Phillips, The Conflict, ch. 8,
      The real bottom cause of the change was the "gentlemen's agreement" between the two party machines whereunder both entered the service of the same master.

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References

  • Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

whereunder From the web:

  • what does hereunder mean
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