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# whereabouts

«whereabouts» in Mova's school dictionary: **The place where someone or something is** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (whereabouts; treated as singular or plural); adverb (whereabouts — informal question)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (noun) The place where someone or something is. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whereabouts/#m1)

2) (adverb, question) In or near what place: «Whereabouts do you live?» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whereabouts/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In news and stories: the police ask about a missing person's whereabouts. In everyday talk (especially UK, Ireland, Australia): «Whereabouts in town?» asks for a rough place. In safety: always tell an adult your whereabouts.

### examples

- The whereabouts of the missing cat are still unknown. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whereabouts/#x1)
- Always tell your parents your whereabouts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whereabouts/#x2)
- Whereabouts did you leave your coat? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whereabouts/#x3)
- The detective found out the thief's whereabouts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whereabouts/#x4)
- Whereabouts in Ireland is your gran from? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whereabouts/#x5)
- His whereabouts remain a mystery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whereabouts/#x6)
- "Whereabouts is your death, O Koshchei?" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whereabouts/#x7)

### note

The noun ends in -s but means one place; it can take «is» or «are». Never «a whereabout». Safety habit: let a trusted adult know where you are going and when you will be back.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «whereabouts» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whereabouts/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.