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thereabouts

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there·a·bouts  (âr-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.

thereabouts [ˈðɛərəˌbaʊts] US, thereabout
adv
near that place, time, amount, etc. fifty or thereabouts
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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"

thereabouts
adverb so, something like that, give or take a bit, plus or minus a few She told us her age was 48 or thereabouts.
Translations
thereabouts [ˈðɛərəbaʊts] ADV
1. (place) → por ahí, allí cerca
2. (number) 12 or thereabouts12 más o menos, alrededor de 12
£5 or thereaboutscinco libras o así
thereabouts [ˌðɛərəˈbaʊts] adv
(referring to place)par là, près de là
He lives in London or thereabouts → Il vit à Londres ou près de là.
(referring to amount)environ, à peu près
Inflation is down to 8 per cent or thereabouts → L'inflation est réduite à 8 pour cent environ., L'inflation est réduite à 8 pour cent à peu près.
thereabouts
adv
(quantity, degree) five pounds/fifteen or thereaboutsso um die fünf Pfund/fünfzehn (herum); four o’clock or thereaboutsso um vier Uhr herum (inf); is it ten dollars I owe you? — thereaboutsschulde ich dir nicht zehn Dollar? — so ungefähr
thereabouts [ˈðɛərəˌbaʊts] adv (place) → nei pressi, nei dintorni, da quelle parti; (amount) → giù di lì, all'incirca
thereabouts [ˈðɛərəˌbaʊts] adv (place) → nei pressi, nei dintorni, da quelle parti; (amount) → giù di lì, all'incirca


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But Hesiod, the poet, says just the opposite: that the sea was open, but Orion piled up the promontory by Peloris, and founded the close of Poseidon which is especially esteemed by the people thereabouts.
Serpents' filth and evil odour, the distance concealed from me: and that a lizard's craft prowled thereabouts lasciviously.
We were surrounded by banks, and rocks, and shoals of all kinds, but had happily drifted, it seemed, upon the only safe speck that was to be found thereabouts.
 
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