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whereabouts

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adv/ˌ(h)wɛəɹəˈbaʊts/
  1. 1

    In, at or near what location.not-comparable

    • Whereabouts do you live?
noun/ˌ(h)wɛəɹəˈbaʊts//ˈ(h)wɛəɹəˌbaʊts/
  1. 1

    A location; where something is situated.pluralplural-onlyusually

    • 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.
  2. 2

    Information about an elite athlete's future whereabouts, supplied to antidoping authorities to facilitate random out-of-competition testing.pluralplural-onlyusually

    • The IPC reminds all athletes in their Registered Testing Pool to remain vigilant when it comes to filing and updating their whereabouts.

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