thereabout
American
[thair-uh-bout, thair-uh-bout]
/ ˈðɛər əˌbaʊt, ˌðɛər əˈbaʊt /
Or
thereabouts
adverb
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about or near that place or time.
last June or thereabout.
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about that number, amount, etc.
Etymology
Origin of thereabout
before 950; Middle English ther aboute, Old English thǣr abūtan. See there, about
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