thereabout
Americanadverb
-
about or near that place or time.
last June or thereabout.
-
about that number, amount, etc.
Etymology
Origin of thereabout
before 950; Middle English ther aboute, Old English thǣr abūtan. See there, about
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
"It will take around 72 hours or thereabout for the airlines to normalise their operations," Chiong told ANC news channel.
From Reuters ● Jan. 2, 2023
I know there is much science and lore and religion around true barbecue, and I dare not make any pronouncements thereabout.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 26, 2020
Jackson ought to have gone to the Old World, to Ireland or Iceland and other places thereabout, where people seldom bungee-jump and the ancient and the modern often appear to live in uneasy alliance.
From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2013
They arrived at 03:00 or thereabout and by day-break they were being attended to by Nigerian Red Cross officers in front of press and TV cameras!
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2013
It could truly be said that every plantation thereabout “at its garden gate, has an oyster-bed, a fishing-bar, and a ducking blind.”
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
