thereabouts
Synonym of thereaboutSynonym of thereabout: About or near that place.
» I might arrive in Kashgar or somewhere thereabouts tomorrow.
Tatoeba contributors · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
6 sensesSynonym of thereabout:
(not comparable)About or near that place.
near that place
(not comparable)About or around that date or time.
near that time or date
(not comparable)About or near to that condition or quality.
(not comparable)Approximately that number or quantity.
(not comparable, obsolete)About that; concerning that.
(figuratively, not comparable, obsolete)Near to that activity or situation.
Examples
2 sentencesI might arrive in Kashgar or somewhere thereabouts tomorrow.
He went off to the People's Square or somewhere thereabouts.
Origin
The adverb is derived from Middle English there-aboutes, þare aboutes (“of a place or an oThe adverb is derived from Middle English there-aboutes, þare aboutes (“of a place or an object: around there, in its vicinity; of time: about then, around that time”) [and other forms], from ther (“in that place, in those places, there; on that; thither, to that place; from there, thence; at that time; thereupon; in that situation, under those circumstances; in that case, with regard to that”) (from Old English þǣr (“there”)) + aboutes (“in all directions, around”, adverb), aboutes (“in all directions from, on all sides of; near; concerned with”, preposition) (from aboute, abouten (“so as to surround; so as to cover; on the border or edge; as measured around the outside; to as to travel around something; so as to revolve about an axis or centre; aside; in all directions; in the vicinity; in connection with something; in several places; everywhere, throughout; to all or everyone; almost, approximately; concerning; in succession; so as to be or happen”, adverb), aboute, abouten (“surrounding; covering; over; upon; on the border of; in all directions; in the vicinity of, near to; in several places; everywhere, throughout; almost, approximately; concerning; engaged in; on behalf of”, preposition) (from Old English abūtan, onbūtan (“about; round about; on; on the outside”)) + -s (suffix forming adverbs)); see further at thereabout. The English word is analysable as thereabout + -s (suffix forming adverbs).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Synonyms
1 synonyms- near that place:thereabout
- near that time or date:thereabout