whereabouts
A location; where something is situatedA location; where something is situated.
» We couldn't find out her whereabouts.
Wir konnten ihren Aufenthaltsort nicht ausfindig machen.
Мы не могли определить ее местонахождение.
Meaning
2 senses(plural, plural only, usually)A location; where something is situated.
Verbleib
местонахожде́ниеmestonaxoždénije
the general location where something is
(plural, plural only, usually)Information about an elite athlete's future whereabouts, supplied to antidoping authorities to facilitate random out-of-competition testing.
Examples
62 sentencesWe couldn't find out her whereabouts.
ruМы не могли определить ее местонахождение.
deWir konnten ihren Aufenthaltsort nicht ausfindig machen.
I'd like to know Tom's whereabouts.
Я би хотів знати, де знаходиться Том.
deIch möchte wissen, wo Tom sich aufhält.
Tom lied about his whereabouts that day.
Can you account for your whereabouts on the night of the murder?
Tom can't account for his whereabouts on the day that Mary was murdered.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English wheraboutes, equivalent to whereabout + -s (adverbial suffix).From Middle English wheraboutes, equivalent to whereabout + -s (adverbial suffix).
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Forms
plural: whereabouts| Singular | whereabouts |
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