thereabouts

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


meaning 'near that place' or 'near that amount' (a hundred pounds or thereabouts), is along with thereby, therefore, and thereupon one of the few medieval compounds formed with there- to survive in modern English without any hint of archaism. The variant form thereabout is now less common.

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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - der omkring

Nederlands (Dutch)
daaromtrent

Français (French)
adv. - par là, environ

Deutsch (German)
adv. - so ungefähr, etwa da

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - κάπου εκεί, εκεί γύρω, περίπου, κατά προσέγγιση

Italiano (Italian)
nei dintorni

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - por aí, paradeiro (m), lá por perto, nas imediações

Русский (Russian)
поблизости, приблизительно

Español (Spanish)
adv. - por ahí, por allí, más o menos, aproximadamente

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - däromkring, så ungefär

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
在那附近, 大约

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 在那附近, 大約

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 그 부근에, 그 당시, 대략

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - その辺に, およそ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) في الجوار قريبا من ذلك المكان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮פחות או יותר, בסביבה, בקרבת מקום, בערך‬


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