thereabout

English

Etymology

there +‎ about

Adverb

thereabout (not comparable)

1. near that place, time or date

   Dinner will be ready at 6:30 or thereabout.

2. approximately that number

   The speed of light is 186,000 miles per second, right? - Yes, thereabout.

3. (obsolete) concerning that; about that

   Synonym: thereanent

   • (Can we date this quote by Chaucer and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     What will ye dine? I will go thereabout.

   • Luke xxiv. 4:

     They were much perplexed thereabout.

Synonyms

• thereabouts

Derived terms

• thereabouts

Translations

near that place, time, or date

• Dutch: daaromheen (nl)
• Finnish: tuollapäin, noilla main (of an "indicated" or "pointed at" location), sielläpäin, niillä main (of a location that is not indicated or pointed at)
• Italian: nei pressi, nei dintorni, nelle vicinanze
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: о́коло того́ (ókolo tovó), о́коло э́того (ókolo étovo)
• Spanish: algo por ahí
• Swedish: däromkring (sv)

See also

Here-, there-, and where- words

• (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

 

Anagrams

• breathe out, outbreathe