Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- About what? concerning what? near what or which place? as, whereabout did you drop the coin?
- About which; concerning which; on what purpose.
- noun The place where one is; one's present place.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb About where; near what or which place; -- used interrogatively and relatively
- adverb Concerning which; about which.
- noun The place where a person or thing is.
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- adverb archaic About which.
- adverb About where.
Etymologies
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Examples
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"We are ready to be tested anytime but we are concerned about the 'whereabout' clause," he said.
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Proceeding to the former camping ground of the Nez Perces, they found the lodges deserted; upon which they hid themselves among the willows and thickets, watching for some straggler who might guide them to the present "whereabout" of their intended victims.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 1850
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But even granting that I may have seen some Italian exiles (which is likely enough), what could be more natural than my seeking to compare your description with their appearance; and granting that I might suspect some one amongst them to be the man you search for, what more natural also than that I should desire to know if you meant him harm or good in discovering his 'whereabout'?
My Novel — Volume 08 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Proceeding to the former camping ground of the Nez Perces, they found the lodges deserted; upon which they hid themselves among the willows and thickets, watching for some straggler who might guide them to the present "whereabout" of their intended victims.
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Proceeding to the former camping ground of the Nez Perces, they found the lodges deserted; upon which they hid themselves among the willows and thickets, watching for some straggler who might guide them to the present "whereabout" of their intended victims.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West Washington Irving 1821
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Minister MS Gill, on Monday, opposed the BCCI stance on the "whereabout" clause of the World Anti-Doping Agency and said the cricketers should fall in line without cribbing.
WN.com - Articles related to Me and Sehwag have to steer Daredevils: Gambhir 2009
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The "whereabout" clause of the WADA code has ruffled many feathers here with the BCCI convening an emergency working committee meeting in Mumbai yesterday, attended by India captain MS Dhoni and senior players Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh.
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Cricket Council (ICC) announced Thursday the creation of a new committee to resolve the ongoing row over the failure of cricket board has rejected the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) 'whereabouts' rule, backing its players 'refusal to sign up to the directive due to security and privacy Minister MS Gill, on Monday, opposed the BCCI stance on the "whereabout" clause of the World Anti-Doping Agency and said the cricketers should fall in line without cribbing.
WN.com - Articles related to Me and Sehwag have to steer Daredevils: Gambhir 2009
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Secondly, his wife appeared not to know his whereabout.
Sanford says he was in Argentina, not on Appalachian Trail 2009
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He should be punished for not coming to work after five days and not informing his staff of his whereabout not his affair.
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