"abouts" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /əˈbaʊts/ [US]
Etymology: about + -s Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|about|s}} about + -s Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} abouts (not comparable)
  1. (obsolete) About. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-abouts-en-adv-4CcQhK3x
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: aboutes

Preposition

IPA: /əˈbaʊts/ [US]
Etymology: about + -s Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|about|s}} about + -s Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} abouts, {{en-prep}} abouts
  1. (obsolete) About. Tags: obsolete Related terms: hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts
    Sense id: en-abouts-en-prep-4CcQhK3x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English prepositions, English terms suffixed with -s Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of English prepositions: 0 100 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -s: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: aboutes

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for abouts meaning in English (1.9kB)

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