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whereabouts
CIDE DICTIONARY
whereabouts, adv.
- About where; near what or which place; -- used interrogatively and relatively; as, whereabouts did you meet him? [1913 Webster]" In this sense, whereabouts is the common form." [1913 Webster]
- Concerning which; about which. Hooker. [1913 Webster]
whereabouts, n.
The place where a person or thing is; as, they did not know his whereabouts. Shak. [1913 Webster]
"A puzzling notice of thy whereabout." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
whereabouts, adv. & n.
--adv. where or approximately where? (whereabouts are they?; show me whereabouts to look).
--n. (as sing. or pl.) a person's or thing's location roughly defined.
--adv. where or approximately where? (whereabouts are they?; show me whereabouts to look).
--n. (as sing. or pl.) a person's or thing's location roughly defined.
THESAURUS
whereabouts
abode, area, bearings, bench mark, district, emplacement, hole, in what place, in which place, latitude and longitude, lieu, locale, locality, location, locus, pinpoint, place, placement, point, position, region, site, situation, situs, spot, stead, where, whereabout, whitherROGET THESAURUS
whereabouts
Situation
N situation, position, locality, locale, status, latitude and longitude, footing, standing, standpoint, post, stage, aspect, attitude, posture, pose, environment, surroundings (location), circumjacence, place, site, station, seat, venue, whereabouts, ground, bearings, spot, topography, geography, chorography, map, situate, situated, local, topical, topographical, in situ, in loco, here and there, passim, hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts, in place, here, there, in such and such surroundings, in such and such environs, in such and such entourage, amidst such and such surroundings, amidst such and such environs, amidst such and such entourage, situation, position, locality, locale, status, latitude and longitude, footing, standing, standpoint, post, stage, aspect, attitude, posture, pose, environment, surroundings (location), circumjacence, place, site, station, seat, venue, whereabouts, ground, bearings, spot, topography, geography, chorography, map, situate, situated, local, topical, topographical, in situ, in loco, here and there, passim, hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts, in place, here, there, in such and such surroundings, in such and such environs, in such and such entourage, amidst such and such surroundings, amidst such and such environs, amidst such and such entourage.Nearness
N nearness, proximity, propinquity, vicinity, vicinage, neighborhood, adjacency, contiguity, short distance, short step, short cut, earshot, close quarters, stone's throw, bow shot, gun shot, pistol shot, hair's breadth, span, purlieus, neighborhood, vicinage, environs, alentours, suburbs, confines, banlieue, borderland, whereabouts, bystander, neighbor, borderer, approach, convergence, perihelion, near, nigh, close at hand, near at hand, close, neighboring, bordering upon, contiguous, adjacent, adjoining, proximate, proximal, at hand, handy, near the mark, near run, home, intimate, near, nigh, hard by, fast by, close to, close upon, hard upon, at the point of, next door to, within reach, within call, within hearing, within earshot, within an ace of, but a step, not far from, at no great distance, on the verge of, on the brink of, on the skirts of, in the environs, at one's door, at one's feet, at one's elbow, at one's finger's end, at one's side, on the tip of one's tongue, under one's nose, within a stone's throw, in sight of, in presence of, at close quarters, cheek by jole, cheek by jowl, beside, alongside, side by side, tete-a-tete, in juxtaposition, yardarm to yardarm, at the heels of, on the confines of, at the threshold, bordering upon, verging to, in the way, about, hereabouts, thereabouts, roughly, in round numbers, approximately, approximatively, as good as, well-nigh.For further exploring for "whereabouts" in Webster Dictionary Online