2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Thereabout \There"a*bout`\, Thereabouts \There"a*bouts`\, adv. [The latter spelling is less proper, but more commonly used.] 1. Near that place. [1913 Webster] 2. Near that number, degree, or quantity; nearly; as, ten men, or thereabouts. [1913 Webster] Five or six thousand horse . . . or thereabouts. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Some three months since, or thereabout. --Suckling. [1913 Webster] 3. Concerning that; about that. [R.] [1913 Webster] What will ye dine? I will go thereabout. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] They were much perplexed thereabout. --Luke xxiv. 4. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: thereabout adv 1: near that time or date; "come at noon or thereabouts" [syn: {thereabouts}] 2: near that place; "he stayed in London or thereabouts for several weeks" [syn: {thereabouts}]
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