Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the general location where something is;
- Example: "I questioned him about his whereabouts on the night of the crime"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Whereabout \Where"a*bout`\, Whereabouts \Where"a*bouts`\, n.
The place where a person or thing is; as, they did not know
his whereabouts. --Shak.
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A puzzling notice of thy whereabout. --Wordsworth.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Whereabout \Where"a*bout`\, Whereabouts \Where"a*bouts`\, adv.
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1. About where; near what or which place; -- used
interrogatively and relatively; as, whereabouts did you
meet him?
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Note: In this sense, whereabouts is the common form.
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2. Concerning which; about which. "The object whereabout they
are conversant." --Hooker.
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[1913 Webster] Whereabout
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
whereabouts
n 1: the general location where something is; "I questioned him
about his whereabouts on the night of the crime"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "whereabouts":
abode, area, bearings, bench mark, district, emplacement, hole,
in what place, in which place, latitude and longitude, lieu,
locale, locality, location, locus, pinpoint, place, placement,
point, position, region, site, situation, situs, spot, stead,
where, whereabout, whither