whereabouts

whereabouts
(Pronounced [[t](h)we͟ərəbaʊts[/t]] for meaning 1, and [[t](h)we͟ərəba͟ʊts[/t]] for meanings 2 and 3.)
1) N-SING-COLL: with poss If you refer to the whereabouts of a particular person or thing, you mean the place where that person or thing may be found.

The police are anxious to hear from anyone who may know the whereabouts of the firearms...

Once he knew his father's name, finding his whereabouts proved surprisingly easy.

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2) QUEST You use whereabouts in questions when you are asking precisely where something is.

Whereabouts in Liverpool are you from?...

Whereabouts are you living?...

`I actually live near Chester.' - `Whereabouts?'

3) CONJ-SUBORD You use whereabouts after certain words, especially verbs and adjectives, to introduce a clause in which you mention precisely where something is situated or happens.

I live in a village near to Germaine Greer and know whereabouts she lives.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • whereabouts — (adv.) in what place, mid 15c., from WHEREABOUT (Cf. whereabout) + adverbial gen. S (Cf. s). The noun is recorded from 1795 …   Etymology dictionary

  • whereabouts — ► ADVERB ▪ where or approximately where? ► NOUN (treated as sing. or pl. ) ▪ the place where someone or something is …   English terms dictionary

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  • whereabouts — I UK [ˈweərəˌbaʊts] / US [ˈwerəˌbaʊts] / US [ˈhwerəˌbaʊts] noun [plural] the place where someone or something is: can be followed by a singular or plural verb someone s/something s whereabouts: The police have been investigating the group s… …   English dictionary

  • whereabouts — This word can be an adverb (Whereabouts did you go?) and a noun. As a noun, it is formed from an adverb (where) and a preposition (about) with an s tied to the end. As a noun, whereabouts is singular and requires a singular verb unless it is made …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • whereabouts — where|a|bouts1 [ˌweərəˈbauts US ˈwerəbauts] adv spoken used to ask in what general area something or someone is ▪ Whereabouts do you live? whereabouts 2 where|a|bouts2 [ˈweərəbauts US ˈwer ] n [plural] the place or area where someone or something …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • whereabouts — 1 adverb spoken used to ask in what general area something or someone is: Whereabouts do you live? 2 noun (U) the place or area where someone or something is: sb s whereabouts: His family refused to reveal his whereabouts. | the whereabouts of:… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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