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abouts

n.
C2 Proficiency abouts Archaic

n. the general area or the approximate time of something. You use this when you are not being very exact but want to give a general idea.

n. the general vicinity or approximate time of an event. Often used in the plural to indicate a vague location or a rough estimate of a duration.


SIMPLE

I am looking for the house in the abouts of this street.

CONTEXTUAL

The witness could not give an exact time of the accident, only that it happened in the abouts of midnight.

COMPLEX

The explorer spent several weeks in the abouts of the mountain range, mapping the terrain before attempting the final ascent to the summit.

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