whereabouts

[hwair-uh-bouts, wair-]

adverb

1. about where? where?

conjunction

1. near or in what place.

   trying to find whereabouts in the world we were.

noun

1. (used with a singular or plural verb),  the place where a person or thing is; the locality of a person or thing.

   no clue as to his whereabouts.

whereabouts

/ ˈwɛərəˌbaʊts /

adverb

1. Also: whereabout. at what approximate location or place; where

   whereabouts are you?

2. obsolete,  about or concerning which

noun

1. (functioning as singular or plural) the place, esp the approximate place, where a person or thing is

Word History and Origins

Origin of whereabouts¹

1400–50; late Middle English wheraboutes, equivalent to Middle English wheraboute ( whereabout ) + -s -s ¹