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Webster 1913 Edition


Whereabouts

{

Where′a-boutˊ

,

Where′a-boutsˊ

}
,
adv.
1.
About where; near what or which place; – used interrogatively and relatively;
as,
whereabouts
did you meet him?
☞ In this sense, whereabouts is the common form.
2.
Concerning which; about which.
“The object whereabout they are conversant.”
Hooker.
{

Where′a-boutˊ

,

Where′a-boutsˊ

, }
Noun.
The place where a person or thing is;
as, they did not know his
whereabouts
.
Shak.
A puzzling notice of thy
whereabout
.
Wordsworth.

Definition 2024


whereabouts

whereabouts

English

Adverb

whereabouts (not comparable)

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

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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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