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Dictionary: where·a·bouts   (hwâr'ə-bouts', wâr'-) pronunciation
adv.
About where; in, at, or near what location: Whereabouts do you live?

n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
Approximate location: Her whereabouts are still unknown.


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IN BRIEF: n. - The general location where something is.

pronunciation To know at the outset whereabouts the line will be drawn. — F.W. Maitland

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the general location where something is


The adverb whereabouts has one meaning:

Meaning #1: about where or near what place
  Synonym: whereabout


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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - hvor omtrent, hvor
n. - opholdssted, beliggenhed, tilholdssted

Nederlands (Dutch)
plaats waar iets/iemand is

Français (French)
adv. - (gén) où
conj. - où
n. - le lieu où

Deutsch (German)
adv. - wo (ungefähr)
conj. - wo (ungefähr)
n. - Aufenthaltsort, Verbleib

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv., -
conj. - πού (περίπου), πού κοντά;
n. - τόπος, (τα) κατατόπια, τόπος διαμονής

Italiano (Italian)
dove

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - onde
conj. - onde
n. - paradeiro (m)

Русский (Russian)
местонахождение, где, куда, около какого места

Español (Spanish)
adv. - dónde, por dónde, cerca de dónde
conj. - donde, por donde
n. - paradero, ubicación

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - var någonstans
conj. - var någonstans
n. - vistelseort

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
在何处, 下落, 所在之处

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 在何處
n. - 下落, 所在之處

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 근처에, ~하는 곳
n. - 근처, 소재, 행방

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - どの辺に, 場所
n. - 所在, ありか

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) أين, قرب مكان (حرف عطف) بقرب أين (الاسم) مكان وجود‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮היכן, באיזו סביבה?‬
n. - ‮מקום, סביבה, מקום-מישכן‬


 
 
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