adv
thereabouts
theh-uh-ruh-BOWTS
adv
1
Near that place, time, or amount; approximately.
"The meeting is at 3pm, or thereabouts."
"He lives in Manchester, or somewhere thereabouts."
How to Use Thereabouts
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishUsed to mean "roughly that" — an approximate place, time or number.
Common pairings
or thereabouts
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Etymology
From Middle English there-aboutes, built from there plus about plus an old adverb-forming -s ending.