whereaboutsadv.n.

Brit.

/ˈwɛːrəbaʊts/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)wɛrəˌbaʊts/ In sense 1 alsoBrit.

/ˌwɛːrəˈbaʊts/, U.S.

/ˌ(h)wɛrəˈbaʊts/

Etymology: < whereabout adv. and n. + adverbial -s: compare hereabouts adv., thereabouts adv.

a. interrogative = whereabout adv. and n. 1a. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > there > at what place? > about what place?

whereabouta1400

whereaboutsc1450

c1450 Mirk's Festial 167 Sonne, whereaboutes art þow?

1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus ii. v. sig. Nj^v Wheraboutes is our hostes house?

1621 I. C. in T. Bedford's Sin unto Death ⁋vj Except they know..whereabouts the daunger is.

1648 B. Duppa Soules Soliloquie 2 Many..go away informed..where abouts the Spleen lies, or where the Liver.

1791 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) I. 357 I ask him whereabouts he is with the claims of the German Princes.

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers lii. 569 Whereabouts were your apartments, Mr. Pickwick?

1893 F. C. Selous Trav. S.-E. Afr. 97 The natives pointed out to me whereabouts they passed in the valley below.

†b. relative. About the amount at which. (Cf. thereabouts adv. 2b.) Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [adverb] > about the amount at which

whereabouts1766

1766 J. Ingersoll Lett. Stamp-Act 6 (note) The Parliament have..settled the above Duties just whereabouts they are stated in the above Letter.

†2. interrogative and relative = whereabout adv. and n. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > affair, business, concern > [adverb]

thereinc1230

whereabout13..

whereabouts1540

thereinto1581

1540 J. Palsgrave in tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus i. i. sig. Dj What studyeth he .i. wheraboutes gothe he?

1576 A. Fleming tr. Apollonius in Panoplie Epist. 224 Neyther had I any thing at all, where abouts to occupie my penne.

1630 W. Bedell Let. in R. Parr Life J. Usher (1686) Coll. clxviii. 452 Only he labours about Kildromfarten: Whereabouts I purposed to have spoken with your Grace.

3. as n.

/ˈhwɛərəbaʊts/. [ < 1.] = whereabout adv. and n. 4. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > approximate

whereabouta1616

whereabouts1795

1795 T. Twining Let. 15 Feb. in S. Parr Wks. (1828) VIII. 273 By way of giving you the whereabouts of my present political opinions.

1853 C. C. Leitch in Mem. (1856) 125 The..questions of the whereabouts and the what-like of a new bungalow.

1878 P. Bayne Chief Actors Puritan Revol. i. 12 Bunyan wrote the Pilgrim's Progress..without giving a hint of his ecclesiastical where~abouts.

1903 Times 3 May 3/6 The prisoner..succeeded in concealing his whereabouts.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	whereabouts
释义	whereaboutsadv.n. Brit. /ˈwɛːrəbaʊts/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɛrəˌbaʊts/ In sense 1 alsoBrit. /ˌwɛːrəˈbaʊts/, U.S. /ˌ(h)wɛrəˈbaʊts/ Etymology: < whereabout adv. and n. + adverbial -s: compare hereabouts adv., thereabouts adv. 1. a. interrogative = whereabout adv. and n. 1a. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > there > at what place? > about what place? whereabouta1400 whereaboutsc1450 c1450 Mirk's Festial 167 Sonne, whereaboutes art þow? 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus ii. v. sig. Nj^v Wheraboutes is our hostes house? 1621 I. C. in T. Bedford's Sin unto Death ⁋vj Except they know..whereabouts the daunger is. 1648 B. Duppa Soules Soliloquie 2 Many..go away informed..where abouts the Spleen lies, or where the Liver. 1791 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) I. 357 I ask him whereabouts he is with the claims of the German Princes. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers lii. 569 Whereabouts were your apartments, Mr. Pickwick? 1893 F. C. Selous Trav. S.-E. Afr. 97 The natives pointed out to me whereabouts they passed in the valley below. †b. relative. About the amount at which. (Cf. thereabouts adv. 2b.) Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [adverb] > about the amount at which whereabouts1766 1766 J. Ingersoll Lett. Stamp-Act 6 (note) The Parliament have..settled the above Duties just whereabouts they are stated in the above Letter. †2. interrogative and relative = whereabout adv. and n. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > affair, business, concern > [adverb] thereinc1230 whereabout13.. whereabouts1540 thereinto1581 1540 J. Palsgrave in tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus i. i. sig. Dj What studyeth he .i. wheraboutes gothe he? 1576 A. Fleming tr. Apollonius in Panoplie Epist. 224 Neyther had I any thing at all, where abouts to occupie my penne. 1630 W. Bedell Let. in R. Parr Life J. Usher (1686) Coll. clxviii. 452 Only he labours about Kildromfarten: Whereabouts I purposed to have spoken with your Grace. 3. as n. /ˈhwɛərəbaʊts/. [ < 1.] = whereabout adv. and n. 4. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > approximate whereabouta1616 whereabouts1795 1795 T. Twining Let. 15 Feb. in S. Parr Wks. (1828) VIII. 273 By way of giving you the whereabouts of my present political opinions. 1853 C. C. Leitch in Mem. (1856) 125 The..questions of the whereabouts and the what-like of a new bungalow. 1878 P. Bayne Chief Actors Puritan Revol. i. 12 Bunyan wrote the Pilgrim's Progress..without giving a hint of his ecclesiastical where~abouts. 1903 Times 3 May 3/6 The prisoner..succeeded in concealing his whereabouts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.n.c1450
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