whereabouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌ(h)wɛəɹəˈbaʊts/
ipa: /ˈ(h)wɛəɹəˌbaʊts/
Forms: form: whereabouts
Etymology: From Middle English wheraboutes, equivalent to whereabout + -s (adverbial suffix).
Senses: examples: text: In the Middle Ages Rhabdomancers were employed to discover mines, and the whereabouts of precious stones.
ref: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 145:
text: 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.
ref: 1962, Geert van den Steenhoven, Leadership and Law Among the Eskimos of the Keewatin District, Northwest Territories, London: Excelsior, page 54:
text: 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.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 375, about Terling:
ref: 2011 September 7, “Whereabouts of Qaddafi Are Clouded in Confusion”, in The New York Times, page A14:
text: 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.
ref: 2020 September 4, “Here’s What the Season 1 Cast of 'Below Deck Med' Is Doing Now”, in Men's Health, Yahoo:
text: Mr. Zerón’s exact whereabouts is not known and he could not be reached for comment.
ref: 2021 July 15, Ronen Bergman and Oscar Lopez, “Former Official Wanted by Mexico Takes Refuge in Israel”, in The New York Times, page A7:
glosses: A location; where something is situated.
raw_tags: with a possessive
examples: text: The IPC reminds all athletes in their Registered Testing Pool to remain vigilant when it comes to filing and updating their whereabouts.
ref: 2021 June 11, “Nigerian athlete Roland Ezuruike receives 18-month ban for whereabouts rule violation”, in Press Releases, International Paralympic Committee:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Information about an elite athlete's future whereabouts, supplied to antidoping authorities to facilitate random out-of-competition testing.
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1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form