- Hereabouts
- Herea-bout Here"a-bout`, Hereabouts Here"a*bouts`, adv.
1. About this place; in this vicinity.
[1913 Webster]
2. Concerning this. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Hereabouts
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hereabouts — (also hereabout) ► ADVERB ▪ near this place … English terms dictionary
hereabouts — [[t]hɪ͟ərəba͟ʊts[/t]] ADV: ADV after v, n ADV You use hereabouts to indicate that you are talking about something near you or in the same area as you. It s a bit chilly and empty hereabouts... The mountains hereabouts reach heights of over 2000… … English dictionary
hereabouts — adverb Near here. The people hereabouts are pretty decent folk … Wiktionary
hereabouts — here|a|bouts [ˌhıərəˈbauts, ˈhıərəbauts US ˌhır ,ˈhır ] adv somewhere near the place where you are ▪ There must be a pub hereabouts … Dictionary of contemporary English
hereabouts — here|a|bouts [ ,hırə bauts ] adverb FORMAL near this particular place: All the land hereabouts is owned by the McMillan family … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hereabouts — also hereabout AmE adverb somewhere near the place where you are: There must be a public telephone hereabouts … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
hereabouts — UK [ˌhɪərəˈbaʊts] / US [ˌhɪrəˈbaʊts] adverb spoken near this particular place All the land hereabouts is owned by the McMillan family … English dictionary
hereabouts — or hereabout adverb Date: 13th century in this vicinity … New Collegiate Dictionary
hereabouts — ‚hɪrÉ™ baÊŠt /hɪə adv. near this place, somewhere in this vicinity … English contemporary dictionary
hereabouts — (also hereabout) adverb near this place … English new terms dictionary
