different between whereabout vs whereto
whereabout
English
Etymology
where +? about
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???????ba?t/, /?w?????ba?t/
Adverb
whereabout (not comparable)
- (archaic) About which; concerning which.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- the object whereabout they are conversant
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- About where. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Derived terms
- whereabouts
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whereto
English
Etymology
From Middle English wherto, equivalent to where +? to.
Adverb
whereto (not comparable)
- (archaic, interrogative) To what; to which place, whither?
- (obsolete, interrogative) To what end; wherefore?
- (archaic, relative) To which.
- 1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus:
- According whereto Xenophon describeth his gallant plantation at Sardis, thus rendred by Strebæus.
- 1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus:
Synonyms
- whereunto
- whither
Translations
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