Meanings
Adverb
- near that time or date
- "come at noon or thereabouts"
- near that place
- "he stayed in London or thereabouts for several weeks"
Adv
- Synonym of thereabout:
- About or near that place.
- Synonym of thereabout:
- About or around that date or time.
- Synonym of thereabout:
- About or near to that condition or quality.
- Synonym of thereabout:
- Approximately that number or quantity.
- Synonym of thereabout:
- About that; concerning that.
- Synonym of thereabout:
- Near to that activity or situation.
Noun
The 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).
The noun may result from a confusion of thereabouts with whereabouts.
The word is attested later than thereabout.
Related Words
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form,
henceafter,
henceforth,
henceforward,
henceforwards,
hencefrom,
hereabout,
hereabouts,
hereabove,
hereafter,
hereafters,
hereagainst,
herealong,
hereamong,
hereamongst,
hereanent,
hereat,
hereaway,
herebefore,
herebelow,
herebeneath,
herebeyond,
hereby,
herefor,
herefore,
hereforth,
hereforward,
hereforwards,
herefrom,
herehence,
herein,
hereinabove,
hereinafter,
hereinbefore,
hereinbelow,
hereinelsewhere,
hereinsoever,
hereinto,
hereinunder,
heremid,
hereof,
hereon,
hereonto,
hereout,
hereover,
herethrough,
herethroughout,
hereto,
heretofore,
heretoward,
hereunder,
hereunto,
hereupon,
herever,
herewith,
herewithal,
herewithin,
herewithout,
hitherto,
hitherunto,
hitherward,
hitherwards,
howbeit,
however,
howso,
howsoever,
howsomedever,
howsomever,
thataway,
thatwise,
thenceafter,
thenceforth,
thenceforward,
thenceforwards,
thencefrom,
thenceout,
thereabout,
thereabove,
thereacross,
thereafter,
thereafters,
thereagain,
thereagainst,
therealong,
thereamid,
thereamidst,
thereamong,
thereamongst,
thereanent,
therearound,
thereas,
thereat,
thereatop,
thereaway,
therebefore,
therebehind,
therebelow,
therebeneath,
therebeside,
therebetween,
therebetwixt,
therebeyond,
thereby,
therefor,
therefore,
thereforth,
therefrom,
therehence,
therein,
thereinabove,
thereinafter,
thereinbefore,
thereinbelow,
thereinto,
thereinunder,
theremid,
thereof,
thereon,
thereonto,
thereout,
thereoutside,
thereover,
theresoever,
therethrough,
therethroughout,
thereto,
theretofore,
theretoward,
theretowards,
thereunder,
thereuntil,
thereunto,
thereup,
thereupon,
therever,
therewith,
therewithal,
therewithin,
therewithout,
thisaway,
thiswise,
thitherinsoever,
thitherto,
thitherward,
thitherwards,
whatever,
whatso,
whatsoever,
whatsomedever,
whatsomever,
whatwise,
whenabout,
whenabouts,
whenas,
whenceafter,
whenceforth,
whenceforward,
whencefrom,
whencever,
whenceward,
whencewards,
whenever,
whenso,
whensoever,
whensomever,
whereabout,
whereabouts,
whereabove,
whereacross,
whereafter,
whereafters,
whereagainst,
wherealong,
whereamong,
whereamongst,
whereanent,
wherearound,
whereas,
whereat,
whereaway,
wherebefore,
wherebehind,
wherebelow,
wherebeside,
wherebetween,
wherebeyond,
whereby,
wherefor,
wherefore,
whereforth,
wherefrom,
wherehence,
wherein,
whereinabove,
whereinafter,
whereinbefore,
whereinbelow,
whereinsoever,
whereinto,
whereinunder,
whereinwhich,
wheremid,
whereof,
whereon,
whereonto,
whereout,
whereover,
whereso,
wheresoever,
wheresomever,
wherethrough,
wherethroughout,
whereto,
wheretofore,
wheretoward,
wheretowards,
whereunder,
whereuntil,
whereunto,
whereup,
whereupon,
wherever,
wherewith,
wherewithal,
wherewithin,
wherewithout,
whitherever,
whitherinsoever,
whitherso,
whitherto,
whithertofore,
whitherward,
whitherwards,
whyever,
whyfor,
whyso,
whysoever,
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