THEREABOUT

thereabout, thereabouts

(adverb) near that place; “he stayed in London or thereabouts for several weeks”

thereabout, thereabouts

(adverb) near that time or date; “come at noon or thereabouts”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adverb

thereabout (not comparable)

near that place, time or date

approximately that number

(obsolete) concerning that; about that

Synonym: thereanent

Synonyms

• thereabouts

Anagrams

• breathe out, outbreathe

Source: Wiktionary

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There"a*bout`, There"a*bouts`, adv. Etym: [The latter spelling is less proper, but more commonly used.]

1. Near that place.

2. Near that number, degree, or quantity; nearly; as, ten men, or thereabouts. Five or six thousand horse . . . or thereabouts. Shak. Some three months since, or thereabout. Suckling.

3. Concerning that; about that. [R.] What will ye dine I will go thereabout. Chaucer. They were much perplexed thereabout. Luke xxiv. 4.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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