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thereabout

Syllables: there·a·bout/ðɛəɹəˈbaʊt/US/ˈðɛɹəˌbaʊt/

thereabout adverb: about or near that place.

Adverb

thereabout (not comparable)

  1. About or near that place.
    Synonyms:
    thereabouts
  2. About or around that date or time.
    • Dinner will be ready at six-thirty or thereabout.
    Synonyms:
    thereabouts
  3. About or near to that condition or quality.
    Synonyms:
    thereabouts
  4. Approximately that number or quantity.
    • The speed of light is 186,000 miles per second, right? Yes, thereabout.
    Synonyms:
    thereabouts
  5. (dated) 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.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 24:3–4, column 2
    • 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...1915, “102 S. C. 313. Etheredge et al. v. Ætna Ins. Co. (No. 9216.) (Supreme Court of South Carolina. Oct. 20, 1915.)”, in The Southeastern Reporter, volume 86, West Publishing Company, page 689
  6. (dated, figuratively) Near to that activity or situation.
    • HANCOCK, THOMAS (d. 1706?). Said to have been a tanner. Held the sequestered vicarage of St. Winnow, Corn.; ejected, 1660. Continued preaching thereabout. Signed the thanks of Cornish Ministers. Licensed, 10 or 20 June 1672, as Presbyterian, to teach in his house, parish of Morval, Corn.; the house...1917, “Index”, in Alexander Gordon, editor, Freedom After Ejection: A Review (1690-1692) of Presbyterian and Congregational Nonconformity in England and Wales (Historical Series), No. XXX, University...
    Synonyms:
    thereabouts

thereabout meaning in Urdu

thereabout in Urdu

تقریباً

Synonyms of thereabout

Origin of thereabout

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.

Questions about thereabout

What does thereabout mean?
Thereabout means about or near that place.
What is thereabout in Urdu?
Thereabout in Urdu is تقریباً. See Thereabout meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is thereabout?
Thereabout is an adverb.
How do you pronounce thereabout?
Thereabout is pronounced /ðɛəɹəˈbaʊt/ (UK).

Words near thereabout in the dictionary

  1. there've
  2. there've been
  3. there, there
  4. there-anent
  5. there4
  6. thereabout
  7. thereabouts
  8. thereabove
  9. thereacross
  10. thereafter
  11. thereafters

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: thereabout (page history and authors); thereabout (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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