whereabouts
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4.0
- noun
- /ˈwɛrəˌbaʊts/
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paradero
- I can keep track of their whereabouts this way.
- know the whereabouts
- whereabouts are unknown
- reveal the whereabouts
Because they want to be able to essentially monitor our whereabouts at all points.
- Because they want to be able to essentially monitor our whereabouts at all points.
- It's very human eyes, but we can't let people know the whereabouts of this baby.
- So he was feeding them information, letting them know my whereabouts, you know, when I worked out, when I did what?
- Mcclain's testimony conflicted with Syed's accounts of his whereabouts that day, which of course made Gutierrez's client look untruthful.
- It's a genetic lottery, our mental acuity no more under our control than the position of the stars or our father's whereabouts.
- People who engage in coercive control also monitor your time and your whereabouts.
- But it's this idea that they want to know your whereabouts all the time, largely because they think you're doing something.
- So what whereabouts do you live gauging that?
- Geez, same whereabouts Milton Milton, you know a town called Coburg.
- And I was like, OK, your distributors, Pinnacle, I had a record shop at that time as well, whereabouts in Gravesend.
- I've learnt what was on this site and whereabouts our school is, and that was in Second World War, that this used to be an aircraft factory.
Examples
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Any clue to his whereabouts?
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Fresh tracks provide good clues to the whereabouts of the tunnels' occupants.
Academic text (2003) -
And then anyone who has any information on his whereabouts can sort of come forward, no questions asked.
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Police are asking anyone with any information on his whereabouts... to contact them immediately.
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As you might have heard, I'm here to verify the whereabouts of a young girl.
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Talking of murder, do you know anything of Mrs. Chalbrook's whereabouts at the present moment?
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As the days go on, police say their concerns for David's whereabouts...
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Through the family exchange program, the whereabouts of 10,213 separated family members were discovered.
Academic text (2002) -
Night fell, and Casimir still hadn't found a clue to the whereabouts of his friend.
Fiction book (1992) -
Police are asking anyone with information on his whereabouts to contact them immediately.
Synonyms
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1.0
A particular area where something is or should be
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1.0
The place where someone or something is placed
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1.0
A particular place where someone or something is
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1.9
Where something is placed among other things around it
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3.9
An area near a place where people live or work
How Exact
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word whereabouts comes from joining where ('place') and abouts ('around' or 'near'), so it means 'around the place'. That's why whereabouts refers to the general place someone or something is, often when the exact location is not known.