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whereabouts

English

Etymology

From Middle English wheraboutes, equivalent to whereabout +? -s.

Pronunciation

  • (adverb) IPA(key): /???????ba?ts/, /?w?????ba?ts/
  • (noun) IPA(key): /???????ba?ts/, /?w?????ba?ts/

Adverb

whereabouts (not comparable)

  1. In, at or near what location
    Whereabouts do you live?

Translations

Noun

whereabouts pl (plural only)

  1. (plural only) Location; where something is situated.
    The whereabouts of the escaped snake are unknown.

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See also

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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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