Thereabouts
adverb
Around that place, time, or number.
We'll meet at the park at 3 o'clock, or thereabouts.
Often appears as...
- or thereabouts
- thereabouts of
adverb
Around that place, time, or number.
We'll meet at the park at 3 o'clock, or thereabouts.
Often appears as...
- or thereabouts
- thereabouts of
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Estimating Time
Use 'thereabouts' to suggest a time is approximate, not exact.
I'll be home by 6 PM, or thereabouts.
Pro Tip 2/3Guessing Quantities
Indicate a rough amount, suggesting that the exact number is unknown.
There were fifty people at the event, or thereabouts.
Pro Tip 3/3Flexible Arrangements
Show flexibility in plans or arrangements; the specifics can vary.
Let's meet near the fountain, or thereabouts, after lunch.
Pro Tip 1/3Estimating Time
Use 'thereabouts' to suggest a time is approximate, not exact.
I'll be home by 6 PM, or thereabouts.
Pro Tip 2/3Guessing Quantities
Indicate a rough amount, suggesting that the exact number is unknown.
There were fifty people at the event, or thereabouts.
Pro Tip 3/3Flexible Arrangements
Show flexibility in plans or arrangements; the specifics can vary.
Let's meet near the fountain, or thereabouts, after lunch.
Pro Tip 1/3Estimating Time
Use 'thereabouts' to suggest a time is approximate, not exact.
I'll be home by 6 PM, or thereabouts.
Pro Tip 2/3Guessing Quantities
Indicate a rough amount, suggesting that the exact number is unknown.
There were fifty people at the event, or thereabouts.
Pro Tip 3/3Flexible Arrangements
Show flexibility in plans or arrangements; the specifics can vary.
Let's meet near the fountain, or thereabouts, after lunch.
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Video examples
How we must respond to...
to basically get the bug. So in the case of the US, for example, that would be 150 million people, thereabouts. You said that the fatality rate in that scenario, you're talking about four to five million people potential fatalities.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 226 PIPE...
about six weeks old or thereabouts she got two but every time we come to his den one of them is more playful than the other
Video examples
How we must respond to...
to basically get the bug. So in the case of the US, for example, that would be 150 million people, thereabouts. You said that the fatality rate in that scenario, you're talking about four to five million people potential fatalities.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 226 PIPE...
about six weeks old or thereabouts she got two but every time we come to his den one of them is more playful than the other
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Ardal O'Hanlon
Irish Comedian
I think Irish people pride themselves on being at the forefront of technological industries, things like the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, all those hi-tech industries, we're always there or thereabouts.
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Bobbie Ann Mason
American Novelist
Since 'Huckleberry Finn,' or thereabouts, it seemed that all American literature was about the alienated hero.
Quote examples
Ardal O'Hanlon
Irish Comedian
I think Irish people pride themselves on being at the forefront of technological industries, things like the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, all those hi-tech industries, we're always there or thereabouts.
Quote examples
Bobbie Ann Mason
American Novelist
Since 'Huckleberry Finn,' or thereabouts, it seemed that all American literature was about the alienated hero.
Example 1 of 2
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