Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
whereabouts en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ˌ(h)wɛəɹəˈbaʊts/
- (US) audio
Etymology
From Middle English wheraboutes, equivalent to whereabout + -s (adverbial suffix).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) In, at or near what location.
Translations (8)
hu hol (near what location) · nl waaromtrent (near what location) · hu merrefelé (near what location) · bg къде (near what location) · wyi intoorring (near what location) · fi missä päin (near what location) · fi missäpäin (near what location) · hu merre (near what location)
whereabouts en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌ(h)wɛəɹəˈbaʊts/
- (US) audio
- /ˈ(h)wɛəɹəˌbaʊts/
Etymology
From Middle English wheraboutes, equivalent to whereabout + -s (adverbial suffix).
Meanings
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(plural, plural-only, usually, with a possessive) A location; where something is situated.
Mr. Zerón’s exact whereabouts is not known and he could not be reached for comment.
2021 July 15, Ronen Bergman and Oscar Lopez, “Former Official Wanted by Mexico Takes Refuge in Israel”, in The New York Times, page A7:It might feel like forever ago, but you're probably still wondering about the whereabouts of fireman-turned-deckhand Bobby Giancola, English second stew Julia d'Albert Pusey, and of course, Danny Zureikat, the deckhand who didn't quite make it to the end of the charter season. Well, we have answers—and some of their whereabouts might surprise you.
2020 September 4, “Here’s What the Season 1 Cast of 'Below Deck Med' Is Doing Now”, in Men's Health, Yahoo:the effectively functioning group of relatives is likely to be much smaller owing, for instance, to death of the older generation or far distant whereabouts of other relatives.
1962, Geert van den Steenhoven, Leadership and Law Among the Eskimos of the Keewatin District, Northwest Territories, London: Excelsior, page 54:In the Middle Ages Rhabdomancers were employed to discover mines, and the whereabouts of precious stones.
1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 145:Further clues are provided by milk-floats bearing the legend 'Lord Rayleigh's Dairies: A Family Business', and a number of signs indicating the whereabouts of various departments of Lord Rayleigh's Farms.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 375, about Terling:
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(plural, plural-only, usually) 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.
2021 June 11, “Nigerian athlete Roland Ezuruike receives 18-month ban for whereabouts rule violation”, in Press Releases, International Paralympic Committee:
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Translations (28)
cmn 所在地 (location) · sv vistelseort (location) · nl verblijfplaats (location) · it dove (location) · et asupaik (location) · de Verbleib (location) · es paradero (location) · fr localité (location) · pt paradeiro (location) · cmn 所在 (location) · it posizione (location) · it dislocazione (location) · ja 所在 (location) · io ube (location) · id keberadaan (location) · ru местонахожде́ние (location) · hu hollét (location) · pl miejsce pobytu (location) · kk тұрған орны (location) · ja 在所 (location) · ca parador (location) · fr jusque là (location) · ko 소재 (location) · bg местонахожде́ние (location) · fi sijainti (location) · it location (location) · fi olinpaikka (location) · kk орналасқан жері (location)