thereabout Synonyms & Antonyms
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Thereabout as an 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.
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.
Word Forms & Grammar
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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.
Thereabout: Key Facts
| Part of speech | adverb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ðɛəɹəˈbaʊt/ |
| Meaning | About or near that place |