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thereabout

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10
Pronunciation
/ðɛəɹəˈbaʊt/
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/ðɛəɹəˈbaʊt/ · /ˈðɛəɹəbaʊt/ · /ˈðɛɹəˌbaʊt/ · /ˌðɛɹəˈbaʊt/

Definition of thereabout

6 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. (not-comparable)About or near that place.
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  1. (not-comparable)About or near that place.
  2. (not-comparable)About or around that date or time.
    “Dinner will be ready at six-thirty or thereabout.”
  3. (not-comparable)About or near to that condition or quality.
  4. (not-comparable)Approximately that number or quantity.
    “The speed of light is 186,000 miles per second, right? Yes, thereabout.”
  5. (dated, not-comparable)About that or those: concerning it or them.
    “And they entred in, and found not the body of the Lord Jeſus. And it came to paſſe, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men ſtood by them in ſhining garments.”
    “It cannot be denied that the devolutions of the title to the house in issue have been unusual, and are not free from challenge. In a contest betwixt legal titles, instruments of writing thereabout must often be strictly construed, and that which may be called the real intent of the makers is sometimes defeated. But this [case] does not demand a technical application of the rules of law governing the devolution of land titles. Only a contract is in issue here.”
  6. (dated, figuratively, not-comparable)Near to that activity or situation.

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Etymology

From Middle English ther-aboute, ther-abouten (“of a place or an object: around there, in its vicinity; surrounding it; nearby, neighbouring; here and there, throughout that place; of an action, matter,…

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From Middle English ther-aboute, ther-abouten (“of a place or an object: around there, in its vicinity; surrounding it; nearby, neighbouring; here and there, throughout that place; of an action, matter, etc.: about, concerning; of an amount or distance: approximately, more or less; of time: about then, around that time”) [and other forms], from Old English þǣrābūtan, þǣronbūtan, from þǣr (“there”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *só (“this; that”) + *-r) + abūtan, onbūtan (“about; round about; on; on the outside”) (from on- (prefix meaning ‘on; upon; there; thither; to’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“on; onto”)) + būtan (“just, merely, only”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep- + *úd (“away; out; outwards; upwards”))). The English word is analysable as there + about. The word is attested earlier than thereabouts.

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