whereabouts
adverb
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L203744 on Wikidata ↗noun
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L330429 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˌ(h)wɛəɹəˈbaʊts/ / /ˈ(h)wɛəɹəˌbaʊts/
adv
Etymology: From Middle English wheraboutes, equivalent to whereabout + -s (adverbial suffix).
- In, at or near what location.
“Whereabouts do you live?”
noun
Etymology: From Middle English wheraboutes, equivalent to whereabout + -s (adverbial suffix).
- A location; where something is situated.
“In the Middle Ages Rhabdomancers were employed to discover mines, and the whereabouts of precious stones.”
“the effectively functioning group of relatives is likely to be much smaller owing, for instance, to death of the older generation or far distant whereabouts of other relatives.”
- Information about an elite athlete's future whereabouts, supplied to antidoping authorities to facilitate random out-of-competition testing.
“The IPC reminds all athletes in their Registered Testing Pool to remain vigilant when it comes to filing and updating their whereabouts.”