thereabout

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Etymology

there + about

Adverb

thereabout (not comparable)

  1. near that place, time or date
    Dinner will be ready at 6:30 or thereabout.
  2. approximately that number
    The speed of light is 185,000 miles per hour, right? - Yes, thereabout.
  3. (obsolete) concerning that; about that
    What will ye dine? I will go thereabout. Chaucer.
    They were much perplexed thereabout. Luke xxiv. 4.

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