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thereabouts

 

Definitions from WordNet

Adverbial thereabouts has 2 senses
  1. thereabout, thereabouts - near that time or date; "come at noon or thereabouts"
  2. thereabout, thereabouts - near that place; "he stayed in London or thereabouts for several weeks"

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Term: thereabouts

Definition:

adverb

Used to indicate a rough estimate or approximation of a quantity or location.

Sense 1:

Approximately at that place or time.

Example sentence: I believe the book was published in 2020 or thereabouts.

Sense 2:

Used to indicate an approximate distance.

Example sentence: The grocery store is a mile or thereabouts from our house.

Sense 3:

Informal way to express a close or nearby amount or number.

Example sentence: There were around 50 people or thereabouts who attended the event.

Sense 4:

Also used as a noun to refer to an estimated or approximate amount or location.

Example sentence: The treasure is said to be hidden somewhere in that forest, but the exact thereabouts is unknown.

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