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Definition of "whereabouts" []

  • About where; in, at, or near what location: Whereabouts do you live? (adverb)
  • Approximate location: Her whereabouts are still unknown. (noun)

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 "whereabouts" in a sentence
  • "Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to call Plainfield Detective Edwin Maldonado at (908) 753-3415 or Detective Manny Rivera at (908) 753-3008."
  • "Of course, her only lead to its whereabouts is given her by Thomas Oscar Morrow, who we learn for the first time (I never heard it anyway) here is not his real name."
  • "Meanwhile, a businessman desperate to find his missing two-year-old grandson in "Suicide Watch" must determine whether the horrifying tale his junky son tells him about the boy’s whereabouts is a confession or a sick test."
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