hereabout
pronunciation
How to pronounce hereabout in British English:
UK [ˌhɪərə'baʊt]
How to pronounce hereabout in American English:
US [ˌhɪrə'baʊt]
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- Adverb:
- in this general vicinity
Word Origin
- hereabout
- "about this, with regard to this matter," c. 1200, from here + about. Meaning "in the vicinity, near here" is from early 13c. Hereabouts is from 1590s.
Example
- 1. And if there weren 't so many peopie hereabout .
- 2. And if there weren 't so many people hereabout .
- 3. I assume you 're hereabout the degas ?
- 4. The nursery is somewhere hereabout .
- 5. The fields hereabout are fertile .