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thereabout

thereabout

1 6.5
At or near that time
  • adverb
  • /ˌðɛrəˈbaʊt/
translation icon : por esa época
  • The event will start at 7 PM or thereabout.

Examples

  • Sundown's at 6:30 or thereabout.

    Emperor Jones (1933)

  • We will arrive at noon or thereabout, depending on traffic.

  • That would mean 99.99325%, or thereabout, would be the percentage of peaceful protesters.

    Blog text (17)

  • About 1:30 thereabout.

    Cookie's Fortune (1999)

  • The meeting is scheduled for next Wednesday or thereabout.

Synonyms

thereabouts
vsthereabout
7 5.9

At about that time, date, or number

is limited to being near a specific time, date, or point
or thereabout
vsthereabout
7.0

At about that time, place, or number

is used mainly for being near a particular time, date, or point

Idioms

or thereabout
7.0

At about that time, place, or number

How Close

then
∞ 1.0
thereabout
1 6.5
earlier
4 1.0
long ago
521 1.0

Surface Forms

thereabout positive
thereabouts positive

Morphology

thereabout = there (transparent) = about + there

Combination 'there' + 'about' straightforwardly yields the sense 'around that time', which is easily inferable from the components. [Postprocessing: moved 'about' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Thereabout joins there ('at that time' or 'that point') and about ('around' or 'near'), so it means 'at or near that time'.