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there·a·bouts

 (thâr′ə-bouts′) alsothere·a·bout(-bout′)
adv.
1. Near that place; about there:somewhere in Kansas or thereabouts.
2. About that number, amount, or time.
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thereabouts

(ˈðɛərəˌbaʊts)or

thereabout

adv
near that place, time, amount, etc:fifty or thereabouts.
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adv.1.thereabouts - near that time or date; "come at noon or thereabouts"
2.thereabouts - near that place; "he stayed in London or thereabouts for several weeks"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

thereabouts

adverbso,something like that,give or take a bit,plus or minus a fewShe told us her age was 48 or thereabouts.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations

thereabouts

[ˈðɛərəbaʊts]ADV
1. (place) →por ahí,allícerca
2. (number)12 or thereabouts12más o menos,alrededor de 12
£5 or thereaboutscincolibras o así
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

thereabouts

[ˌðɛərəˈbaʊts]adv
(referring to place)par là,prèsde là
He lives in London or thereabouts →Ilvit àLondres ouprès de là.
(referring to amount)environ,à peu près
Inflation is down to 8 per cent or thereabouts →L'inflationestréduite à 8pour centenviron., L'inflationestréduite à 8pour cent à peuprès.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

thereabouts

adv
(quantity, degree)five pounds/fifteen orthereaboutsso um die fünfPfund/fünfzehn (herum);four o’clock orthereaboutsso um vierUhr herum(inf);is it ten dollars I owe you? —thereaboutsschulde ich dirnicht zehnDollar? — soungefähr
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

thereabouts

[ˈðɛərəˌbaʊts]adv (place) →nei pressi,nei dintorni, da quelleparti; (amount) →giù di lì,all'incirca
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995


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