Whereabouts
[weərə'baʊts] or ['hwɛrə,baʊts;'wɛrə,baʊts]
Definition
(noun.) the general location where something is; 'I questioned him about his whereabouts on the night of the crime'.
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Definition
(adv.) About where; near what or which place; -- used interrogatively and relatively; as, whereabouts did you meet him?
(adv.) Concerning which; about which.
(n.) The place where a person or thing is; as, they did not know his whereabouts.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Near what place.
n. [Colloquial.] Residence, location.
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Examples
- Clayton could not but notice it, and he wondered, vaguely, why she was so deeply moved--so anxious to know the whereabouts of this strange creature. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Then I commenced to question him, but he would give me no information as to your whereabouts. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I am here in the interest of Tardos Mors, Jeddak of Helium, to discover the whereabouts of Dejah Thoris, our princess. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- For months I sought to devise methods to inform Carthoris of my whereabouts. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Whereabouts were your apartments, Mr. Pickwick? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It was well that, having made the round of the garden, they came suddenly upon Mr. Hale, whose whereabouts had been quite forgotten by them. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Of Silverton's whereabouts there had been no mention. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- They could not guess my whereabouts or my fate, for none on all Barsoom even dream of such a place as this. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I wonder whereabouts in Bath this coach puts up,' said Mr. Pickwick, mildly addressing Mr. Winkle. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The information was unnecessary; for the incessant cawing of the unconscious rooks sufficiently indicated their whereabouts. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Up to a late hour last night, however, nothing had transpired as to the whereabouts of the missing lady. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- When father died, we were left very poor, but one day we were told that there was an advertisement in the TIMES, inquiring for our whereabouts. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The two men sat in complete silence, Birkin almost unconscious of his own whereabouts. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Whereabouts in Hertfordshire? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- There was no one in the quaint old drawing-room, though it presented tokens of Mrs. Heep's whereabouts. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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