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whereabouts

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where·a·bouts  (hwâr-bouts, wâr-)
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.

whereabouts [ˈwɛərəˌbaʊts]
adv
1. Also whereabout at what approximate location or place; where whereabouts are you?
2. Obsolete about or concerning which
n
(functioning as singular or plural) the place, esp the approximate place, where a person or thing is
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.whereabouts - the general location where something is; "I questioned him about his whereabouts on the night of the crime"
location - a point or extent in space

whereabouts
noun position, situation, site, location The police are anxious to hear of this man's whereabouts.
Translations
whereabouts
A. [ˌwɛərəˈbaʊts] ADVdónde
whereabouts did you first see it?¿dónde lo viste por primera vez?
B. [ˈwɛərəbaʊts] NSING or NPLparadero msing
nobody knows his whereaboutsse desconoce su paradero actual
whereabouts hwɛərəˈbaʊts]
adv (= where) → où ça?
whereabouts in
Whereabouts in Scotland are you from? → Vous êtes originaire de quel coin en Écosse?
hwɛərəbaʊts] n
sb's whereabouts → l'endroit où se trouve qn
Nobody knows his whereabouts
BUT Personne ne sait où il est.
the whereabouts of sth → l'emplacement de qch
whereabouts
advwo, in welcher Gegend; I wonder whereabouts Martin put itich frage mich, wohin Martin es wohl gelegt hat
n sing or plVerbleib m; (of people also)Aufenthaltsort m
whereabouts [ˈwɛərəˌbaʊts]
1. advdove
whereabouts did you say you lived? → da che parte hai detto che abiti?
2. npl to know sb's whereaboutssapere dove si trova qn

whereabouts [ˈwɛərəˌbaʊts]
1. advdove
whereabouts did you say you lived? → da che parte hai detto che abiti?
2. npl to know sb's whereaboutssapere dove si trova qn


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The movements of the Russian and French armies during the campaign from Moscow back to the Niemen were like those in a game of Russian blindman's bluff, in which two players are blindfolded and one of them occasionally rings a little bell to inform the catcher of his whereabouts.
A clamber over the hill into the adjoining vale brought him to the fence of a highway whose contours he recognized, which settled the question of their whereabouts.
I had not a rag of clothing and knew nothing of my whereabouts, but all that night I traveled, cold and footsore, toward the north.
 
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