whereabouts

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

(functioning as singular or plural) the place, esp the approximate place, where a person or thing is

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Noun

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] ADV → dónde
whereabouts did you first see it? → ¿dónde lo viste por primera vez?

B. [ˈwɛərəbaʊts] NSING or NPL → paradero msing
nobody knows his whereabouts → se desconoce su paradero actual

whereabouts [ˌ^hwɛərəˈbaʊts]

adv (= where) → où ça?
whereabouts in
Whereabouts in Scotland are you from? → Vous êtes originaire de quel coin en Écosse?

[ˈ^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

adv → wo, in welcher Gegend; I wonder whereabouts Martin put it → ich frage mich, wohin Martin es wohl gelegt hat

n sing or pl → Verbleib m; (of people also) → Aufenthaltsort m

whereabouts [ˈwɛərəˌbaʊts]

1. adv → dove
whereabouts did you say you lived? → da che parte hai detto che abiti?

2. npl to know sb's whereabouts → sapere dove si trova qn

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address
bearing
casualty
casualty category
casualty status
closelipped
Closemouthed
locate
location
mislay
misplace
Muscle reading
OH
orientation
place
position
regarding
returned to military control
scene

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.

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

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.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context

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.

Present At A Hanging And Other Ghost Stories by Bierce, Ambrose View in context

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