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Definition of "thereabouts" []

  • Near that place; about there: somewhere in Kansas or thereabouts. (adverb)
  • About that number, amount, or time. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "thereabouts" in a sentence
  • "This week, or thereabouts, is the UK paperback debut of The Herring Seller's Apprentice, by L.C. Tyler."
  • "My beloved electric kettle, which ladegard gave me in 1995 or thereabouts, is on its last legs."
  • "On February 19th 2010, franz chong wrote: fast forward twenty years of thereabouts from the my two dads them and you could have two and a half men."