thereabouts UK /ðɛəɹəˈbaʊts/US /ˈðɛɹəˌbaʊts/adverb 7noun 1 adverb7 •About or near that place.Dans added: “We talk about outer space and trips to Mars and then when you realise Nuuk is a three-hour flight from New York City, or thereabouts, it gets interesting.” — 2025 •About or around that date or time.We stay'd by it a quarter of an Hour or thereabouts, 'till the Powder in the Eyes, and Mouth, and Ears of the Idol blew up; and we could perceive had split and deform'd the Shape; […] — 1719 •About or near to that condition or quality. •Approximately that number or quantity.Fiue or six thousand horse I sed, I will say true, or thereabouts set downe, for Ile speake truth. — 1604 •Synonym of thereabout. •(figurative, no longer used) Near to that activity or situation.Amid[eo]. […] [D]o not work Upon my pity; for I feel already My stout heart melts. Hip[polito]. Oh! are you thereabouts? — 1675 •(no longer used) About that; concerning that. noun[plural only]1 •Location; whereabouts.True, he had stopped at Langston Bucket by chance, and there was no reason why Mr. Boke should theorise as to his thereabouts. — 1905
