thereabout
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English
Etymology
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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”) , from Old English þǣr-ābūtan, þǣr-onbūtan, 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.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ðɛəɹəˈbaʊt/, /ˈðɛəɹəbaʊt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈðɛɹəˌbaʊt/, /ˌðɛɹəˈbaʊt/
- Hyphenation: there‧a‧bout
Adverb
thereabout (not comparable)
- About or near that place.
- Synonym: thereabouts
- About or around that date or time.
- Synonym: thereabouts
- Dinner will be ready at six-thirty or thereabout.
- About or near to that condition or quality.
- Synonym: thereabouts
- Approximately that number or quantity.
- Synonym: thereabouts
- The speed of light is 186,000 miles per second, right? Yes, thereabout.
- (obsolete)
- About that; concerning that.
- Synonyms: thereabouts, (Scotland) thereanent
- 1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Luke 24:3–4, column 2:
- 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.
- (figuratively) Near to that activity or situation.
- Synonym: thereabouts
- About that; concerning that.
Translations
about or near that place
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about or around that date or time
about or near to that condition or quality
approximately that number or quantity
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See also
- (about): hereabout, thereabout, whereabout
- (abouts): hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts
- (after): hereafter, thereafter, whereafter
- (again): thereagain
- (against): hereagainst, thereagainst, whereagainst
- (among): hereamong, thereamong, whereamong
- (amongst): thereamongst, whereamongst
- (around): therearound, wherearound
- (as): thereas, whereas
- (at): hereat, thereat, whereat
- (before): herebefore, therebefore
- (beside): therebeside
- (between): therebetween, wherebetween
- (by): hereby, thereby, whereby
- (for): herefor, therefor, wherefor
- (fore): herefore, therefore, wherefore
- (from): herefrom, therefrom, wherefrom
- (hence): herehence, therehence
- (in): herein, therein, wherein
- (in after): hereinafter, thereinafter, whereinafter
- (in before): hereinbefore, thereinbefore, whereinbefore
- (into): hereinto, thereinto, whereinto
- (of): hereof, thereof, whereof
- (on): hereon, thereon, whereon
- (out): hereout, thereout, whereout
- (to): hereto, thereto, whereto
- (tofore): heretofore, theretofore, wheretofore
- (under): hereunder, thereunder, whereunder
- (unto): hereunto, thereunto, whereunto
- (upon): hereupon, thereupon, whereupon
- (with): herewith, therewith, wherewith
- (withal): herewithal, therewithal, wherewithal
References
- ^ “thē̆r-abǒute(n, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ^ “thereabout, adv.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2021; “thereabouts (also thereabout), adv.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
