whereabouts

where·a·bouts

(wâr′ə-bouts′, hwâr′-)

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.

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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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where•a•bouts

(ˈʰwɛər əˌbaʊts, ˈwɛər-)

adv.

1. about where? where?

conj.

2. near or in what place.

3. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) the place where a person or thing is; the locality of a person or thing: no clue as to his whereabouts.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

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

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Translations

في أي مَكان، قُرْب أي مَكانمَكان وُجود الشَّخْص أو الشَّيء

hvoropholdssted

hollét

dvalarstaîurhvar

kde asi

whereabouts

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

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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

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whereabouts

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

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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

where

(weə) adverb

(to or in) which place (?). Where are you going (to)?; Do you know where we are?; Where does he get his ideas from?; We asked where to find a good restaurant.

relative pronoun

((to or in) the place) to or in which. It's nice going on holiday to a place where you've been before; This is the town where I was born; It's still where it was; I can't see him from where I am.

ˌwhereaˈbouts adverb

near or in what place(?). Whereabouts is it?; I don't know whereabouts it is.

ˈwhereabouts noun singular or plural

the place where a person or thing is. I don't know his whereabouts.

whereˈas conjunction

when in fact; but on the other hand. He thought I was lying, whereas I was telling the truth.

whereˈby relative pronoun

by which.

ˌwhereuˈpon conjunction

at or after which time, event etc. He insulted her, whereupon she slapped him.

wherˈever relative pronoun

1. no matter where. I'll follow you wherever you may go; Wherever he is he will be thinking of you.

2. (to or in) any place that. Go wherever he tells you to go.

adverb

(also where ever) used in questions or exclamations to express surprise etc. Wherever did she get that hat?