thereabout Meaning & Definition
What Does Thereabout Mean?
As an adverb, thereabout means About or near that place. It is also used to mean About or around that date or time.
Thereabout: Key Facts
| Part of speech | adverb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | //ðɛəɹəˈbaʊt// |
| Syllables | 1 |
| Synonyms | thereabouts and thereanent |
Thereabout Definition (Adverb)
- About or near that place.
- About or around that date or time.
Dinner will be ready at six-thirty or thereabout.
- About or near to that condition or quality.
- Approximately that number or quantity.
The speed of light is 186,000 miles per second, right? Yes, thereabout.
- About that or those: concerning it or them.
- Near to that activity or situation.
Adverb
- Near that place, time or date
Dinner will be ready at 6:30 or thereabout.
- Approximately that number
The speed of light is 186,000 miles per second, right? - Yes, thereabout.
- Concerning that; about that
Synonyms of Thereabout
Thereabout synonyms and antonyms →Antonyms of Thereabout
No antonyms or near antonyms are listed by the available sources for this entry.
Thereabout in a Sentence
Dinner will be ready at six-thirty or thereabout.
The speed of light is 186,000 miles per second, right? Yes, thereabout.
Dinner will be ready at 6:30 or thereabout.
The speed of light is 186,000 miles per second, right? - Yes, thereabout.
Word Forms & Grammar
thereabout (not comparable)
Words That Rhyme With Thereabout
Origin of Thereabout
Origin 1: 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],[1] 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.[2]
Origin 2: The word is attested earlier than thereabouts.
How to Pronounce Thereabout
You say thereabout as //ðɛəɹəˈbaʊt//. It has 1 syllable.