whereabouts
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whereabouts
- /ˌ(h)wɛəɹəˈbaʊts/
- /ˈ(h)wɛəɹəˌbaʊts/
Where it comes from
From Middle English wheraboutes, equivalent to whereabout + -s (adverbial suffix).
adverb
- In, at or near what location. Whereabouts do you live?
noun whereabouts
- A location; where something is situated. In the Middle Ages Rhabdomancers were employed to discover mines, and the whereabouts of precious stones.
- 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: where, location, destination, positioning, locator, lot, localization, localisation, fate, address, coordinated, trace, displacement, scene, spell, accounting
Translations
Talk about this word "whereabouts." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/whereabouts. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. whereabouts. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/whereabouts "whereabouts." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/whereabouts.Cite this
@misc{whereabouts_2026,
title = {whereabouts},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/whereabouts},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
