thereabout
About or near that placeAbout or near that place.
» He was from Texas or thereabout.
Он был из Техаса или откуда-то поблизости.
Meaning
6 senses(not comparable)About or near that place.
daherum, dortherum, in der Gegend
о́коло того́ókolo tovó, о́коло э́тогоókolo étovo
десь тамdesʹ tam, поручporuč
near that place
(not comparable)About or around that date or time.
Dinner will be ready at six-thirty or thereabout.
near that time or date
(not comparable)About or near to that condition or quality.
(not comparable)Approximately that number or quantity.
The speed of light is 186,000 miles per second, right? Yes, thereabout.
(dated, not comparable)About that or those: concerning it or them.
(dated, figuratively, not comparable)Near to that activity or situation.
Examples
1 sentencesHe was from Texas or thereabout.
ruОн был из Техаса или откуда-то поблизости. — joulin
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English ther-aboute, ther-abouten (“of a place or an object: around there, inFrom 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], 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.
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- near that place:thereabouts
- near that time or date:thereabouts