thereabout

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   about or around that place or position

   The central pivot turned while the smaller joints moved thereabout.

2. 2
   adv

   approximately at that time, amount, or condition

   The meeting ended at six o'clock or thereabout.

From Middle English ther-aboute, continuing Old English thaerabutan, a compound of there + about. The singular form is now less common than thereabouts but survives in formal and literary use.

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