whereabouts
/ˌ(h)wɛəɹəˈbaʊts/
whereabouts adverb: in, at or near what location.
Adverb
whereabouts (not comparable)
Noun
whereabouts (plural whereabouts)
- A location; where something is situated.
- In the Middle Ages Rhabdomancers were employed to discover mines, and the whereabouts of precious stones.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 145
- the effectively functioning group of relatives is likely to be much smaller owing, for instance, to death of the older generation or far distant whereabouts of other relatives.1962, Geert van den Steenhoven, Leadership and Law Among the Eskimos of the Keewatin District, Northwest Territories, London: Excelsior, page 54
- Information about an elite athlete's future whereabouts, supplied to antidoping authorities to facilitate random out-of-competition testing.
- The IPC reminds all athletes in their Registered Testing Pool to remain vigilant when it comes to filing and updating their whereabouts.2021 June 11, “Nigerian athlete Roland Ezuruike receives 18-month ban for whereabouts rule violation”, in Press Releases, International Paralympic Committee
whereabouts meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam
whereabouts in Tamil
- இருக்கும் இடம், இருப்பிடத் தகவல், இருப்பிடம், உள்ள இடம்
whereabouts in Urdu
- whereabouts
- اتاپتہ atā patā
whereabouts in Telugu
- whereabouts
- ఆచూకీ ācūkī
whereabouts in Malayalam
- ഉദ്ദേശ സ്ഥാനം
More languagesFewer languages
- whereabouts in Kannada
- ಆಗ, ಅಂದು, ಆವಾಗ, ಆದಾಗ್ಯೂ
- whereabouts in Punjabi
- ਉੱਘ ਸੁੱਘ uggha suggha
- whereabouts in Indonesian
- keberadaan
Examples of whereabouts in a sentence
- Well, we have answers—and some of their whereabouts might surprise you.2020 September 4, “Here’s What the Season 1 Cast of 'Below Deck Med' Is Doing Now”, in Men's Health, Yahoo:
- Zerón’s exact whereabouts is not known and he could not be reached for comment.2021 July 15, Ronen Bergman and Oscar Lopez, “Former Official Wanted by Mexico Takes Refuge in Israel”, in The New York Times, page A7:
Forms of whereabouts
| plural | whereabouts |
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Origin of whereabouts
From Middle English wheraboutes, equivalent to whereabout + -s (adverbial suffix).
Questions about whereabouts
- What does whereabouts mean?
- Whereabouts means in, at or near what location.
- What is whereabouts in Tamil?
- Whereabouts in Tamil is இருக்கும் இடம், இருப்பிடத் தகவல், இருப்பிடம். See Whereabouts meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use whereabouts in a sentence?
- Well, we have answers—and some of their whereabouts might surprise you.
- What part of speech is whereabouts?
- Whereabouts can be an adverb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce whereabouts?
- Whereabouts is pronounced /ˌ(h)wɛəɹəˈbaʊts/.
Words near whereabouts in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: whereabouts (page history and authors); whereabouts (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اتاپتہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); ఆచూకీ (Telugu) (page history and authors); whereabouts (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); whereabouts (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਉੱਘ ਸੁੱਘ (Punjabi) (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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