different between whereabout vs thereabout

whereabout

English

Etymology

where +? about

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /???????ba?t/, /?w?????ba?t/

Adverb

whereabout (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) About which; concerning which.
    • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
      the object whereabout they are conversant
  2. About where. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

  • whereabouts

See also

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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

Translations

See also

Anagrams

  • breathe out, outbreathe

thereabout From the web:

  • what does whereabouts mean
  • meaning whereabouts
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