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thereabout
UK /ðɛəɹəˈbaʊt/ US /ˈðɛɹəˌbaʊt/
adv 5
Collocations
4ADJ.
right
VERB + THEREABOUT
perplexed
THEREABOUT + NOUN
men
PREP.
from
Definitions
adv
1
About or near that place.
2
About or around that date or time.
Dinner will be ready at six-thirty or thereabout.
3
About or near to that condition or quality.
4
Approximately that number or quantity.
The speed of light is 186,000 miles per second, right? Yes, thereabout.
5
About that or those: concerning it or them.
And they entred in, and found not the body of the Lord Jeſus. And it came to paſſe, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men ſtood by them in ſhining garments.
It cannot be denied that the devolutions of the title to the house in issue have been unusual, and are not free from challenge. In a contest betwixt legal titles, instruments of writing thereabout must often be strictly construed, and that which may be called the real intent of the makers is sometimes defeated. But this [case] does not demand a technical application of the rules of law governing the devolution of land titles. Only a contract is in issue here.
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Dinner will be ready at six-thirty or thereabout.
Wiktionary02
The speed of light is 186,000 miles per second, right? Yes, thereabout.
Wiktionary03
And they entred in, and found not the body of the Lord Jeſus. And it came to paſſe, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men ſtood by them in ſhining garments.
Wiktionary04
He was from Texas or thereabout.
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