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About where; near what or which place; -- used interrogatively and relatively; as, whereabouts did you meet him?

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  1. adv. About where; near what or which place; -- used interrogatively and relatively; as, whereabouts did you meet him?
  2. adv. Concerning which; about which.
  3. n. The place where a person or thing is; as, they did not know his whereabouts.
  4. n. the general location where something is
  5. 1. About where; near what or which place; -- used interrogatively and relatively; as, whereabouts did you meet him Note: In this sense, whereabouts is the common form. 2. Concerning which; about which. "The object whereabout they are conversant." Hooker. The place where a person or thing is; as, they did not know his whereabouts. Shak. A puzzling notice of thy whereabout. Wordsworth.
  6. r:9/n:91 n. the general location where something is