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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adverb About where; in, at, or near what location.
  • noun Approximate location.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as whereabout.
  • noun The place where one or where anything is; location; locality.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In, at or near what location
  • noun plurale tantum Location; where something is situated.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the general location where something is

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whereabout +‎ -s

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