whereabout

Variant of whereabouts

whereabouts definition

where·abouts (hwer′ə bo̵uts′, wer′-)

adverb

  1. near or at what place? where?
  2. Obsolete about or concerning which

conjunction

Rare at, in, or near what place the lost hikers wondered whereabouts the cabin was

noun

the place where a person or thing is to know the whereabouts of a person
Also Rarewhereabout where′·about′ (-bo̵ut′)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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