whereabouts

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the general location where something is

   I questioned them about their whereabouts on the night of the crime.

2. 2
   adv

   In, at or near what location.

   Whereabouts do you live?

3. 3
   noun

   A location; where something is situated.

   In the Middle Ages Rhabdomancers were employed to discover mines, and the whereabouts of precious stones.

4. 4
   noun

   Information about an elite athlete's future whereabouts, supplied to antidoping authorities to facilitate random out-of-competition testing.

   The IPC reminds all athletes in their Registered Testing Pool to remain vigilant when it comes to filing and updating their whereabouts.

From Middle English wheraboutes, equivalent to whereabout + -s (adverbial suffix).

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