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hereabouts

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

adv

Meaning 1

Near here.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

in this general vicinity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the people are friendly hereabouts

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hereabout

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From hereabout + -s (See adverbial genitive).

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: täälläpäin — near here
  • Finnish: näillä main — near here
  • German: hierherum — near here
  • German: hierorts — near here
  • German: hier herum — near here
  • German: in dieser Gegend — near here
  • Hungarian: errefelé — near here
  • Irish: anseo timpeall — near here
  • Irish: thart anseo — near here
  • Navajo: kǫ́ǫ́ — near here
  • Scottish Gaelic: a-bhos — near here
  • Spanish: por aquí — near here
  • Spanish: por acá — near here
  • Spanish: por esta zona — near here
  • Swedish: häromkring — near here
  • Swedish: här i trakten — near here
  • Swedish: här i närheten — near here
  • Welsh: oddi amgylch — near here
  • Welsh: nid nepell o fan hyn — near here