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there·a·bouts
(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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there•a•bout
(ˈðɛər əˌbaʊt, ˌðɛər əˈbaʊt)also there′a•bouts`,
adv.
1. about or near that place or time: last June or thereabout.
2. about that number, amount, etc.: a dozen or thereabout.
[before 950]
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Adv. | 1. | thereabout - near that time or date; "come at noon or thereabouts" |
2. | thereabout - near that place; "he stayed in London or thereabouts for several weeks" |
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نَحْو، حَوالي، تَقْريبا
there
(ðeə) , (ðə) adverb1. (at, in, or to) that place. He lives there; Don't go there.
2. used to introduce sentences in which a state, fact etc is being announced. There has been an accident at the factory; There seems to be something wrong; I don't want there to be any mistakes in this.
3. at that time; at that point in a speech, argument etc. There I cannot agree with you; Don't stop there – tell me what happened next!
4. (with the subject of the sentence following the verb except when it is a pronoun) used at the beginning of a sentence, usually with be or go, to draw attention to, or point out, someone or something. There she goes now! There it is!
5. (placed immediately after noun) used for emphasis or to point out someone or something. That book there is the one you need.
interjection1. used to calm or comfort. There, now. Things aren't as bad as they seem.
2. used when a person has been shown to be correct, when something bad happens, or when something has been completed. There! I told you he would do it!; There! That's that job done; There! I said you would hurt yourself!
ˌthereaˈbout(s) adverb approximately in that place, of that number, at that time etc. a hundred or thereabouts; at three o'clock or thereabouts.
therefore (ˈðeəfoː) adverb for that reason. He worked hard, and therefore he was able to save money.
there's (ðeəz) short for there is Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.