whereabouts

adverbnouncommon in dialogue

//ˌ(h)wɛəɹəˈbaʊts//

In, at or near what location.

adverb

1
In, at or near what location.
Whereabouts do you live?

Etymology

From Middle English wheraboutes, equivalent to whereabout + -s (adverbial suffix).

noun

1
A location; where something is situated.
In the Middle Ages Rhabdomancers were employed to discover mines, and the whereabouts of precious stones.
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.
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.
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2
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.

when · At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or…whenever · At any time that.where · In, at or to what place.

whereabouts · In, at or near what location.

whereas · In contrast; whilst on the contrary; although.wherever · Where ever; an emphatic form of where.whether · Introduces a simple indirect question (without a correlative).

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