thereabouts

(THâr'ə-bouts') also there·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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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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