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Definition of Thereabout

1. Adverb. Near that time or date. "Come at noon or thereabouts"

2. Adverb. Near that place. "He stayed in London or thereabouts for several weeks"

Definition of Thereabout

1. adv. Near that place.

Definition of Thereabout

1. Adverb. near that place, time or date ¹

2. Adverb. approximately that number ¹

3. Adverb. (obsolete) concerning that; about that ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thereabout

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thereabout

there is much to be said there is nothing new under the sun there isn't any easy way to say this there ought to be a law there oughta be a law there oughtta be a law there she blows there was there we go there were

there ya go there you are there you go there you have it thereabout (current term) thereabouts thereafter thereagain thereagainst thereanent

therearound thereas thereat thereatop therebefore therebeforn therebetween therebeyond thereby

Literary usage of Thereabout

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen (1885)
"They latitude of 45 degrees or thereabout; and ' were troublous times, and required and from the said promontory of Cape Breton, | found in Sir William ..."

2. The Popular Science Monthly (1895)
"In 1888, or thereabout, Mr. SS Wheeler, of New York, designed an electric engine which was constructed by placing a Sprague electric motor, ..."

3. Documents relative to the colonial history of the state of New York by New York state, John Romeyn Brodhead, Berthold Fernow, Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, New York (State). Legislature (1856)
"(18 ) OF THE SOUTH RIVER AND THE BOUNDARIES thereabout. As we are now about to speak of the South river, and the most Southerly part of New Netherland, ..."

4. An universal etymological English dictionaryby Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1724)
"... [probably of min, C.Br. from the great Quarries of Stone thereabout] MAMMON, [м«ш«»лс, Gr.] the God of Wealth. ..."

5. The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt by Sir Walter Raleigh, Thomas Birch, William Oldys (1829)
"... with the troubles thereabout arising; the first division of the empire. DURING this uproar, mention was made of ..."

6. History of New Netherland by Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan (1855)
"... notwithstanding—Opens a trade with the natives thereabout—Is opposed by the commissary at that post—Indians prefer trading with the English factor, ..."

7. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1883)
"Since the year 1855 or thereabout, there has been a progressive decline in the ton- nnge of American vessels engaged in foreign trade, and in the business ..."

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