nearaboutadv.prep.

Brit.

/ˈnɪərəbaʊt/,

/ˌnɪərəˈbaʊt/, U.S.

/ˌnɪrəˈbaʊt/

Forms: see near adv.² and about adv.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: near adv.², about adv.

Etymology: < near adv.² + about adv., after thereabout adv., hereabout adv., whereabout adv. and n., etc.

Now colloquial and regional.

A. adv.

1. In this vicinity; nearby.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > nearness > [adverb]

nighOE

anewstOE

nearOE

yhendeOE

hendc1175

hendena1200

anighc1275

besidesc1275

bihalvec1275

beside1297

narc1325

on (also upon) hand (also hands)c1330

bya1400

anighsta1425

nearabout?a1425

near-awaya1586

a hand1637

anear1798

the world > space > distance > nearness > [adverb] > in the vicinity

environa1393

nearabout?a1425

besideward1460

environeea1500

round about1526

round1593

around1762

inabout1813

?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 20 Þe fairest maydens of þe cuntree nere aboute.

a1525 Bk. Chess l. 1120 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 117 Thar nedis no luftennand ner about.

?a1610 A. Montgomerie Poems (1887) xviii. 59 Thair brald a bissat neir about.

1892 A. Bierce Tales of Soldiers & Civilians 259 In all the rural district near about.

1933 J. Steinbeck To God Unknown ii. 7 The Mexican Indians still lived near about and held their festivals.

2. Nearly, almost; approximately.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > [adverb]

somec888

aboutOE

thereabouts1413

thereabout1534

thereby1563

nearabout1567

thereupona1676

thereaway1815

nearabouts1834

somewheres1859

let us say1863

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] > almost or nearly

nigheOE

well-nigheOE

forneanc1000

well-nearc1175

almostc1261

nighwhatc1300

nearhandc1350

nigh handa1375

nigh handsa1375

as good asc1390

into (right) littlea1413

unto litea1420

nigh byc1430

nearbyc1485

near handsa1500

as near as1517

mosta1538

next door1542

wellmost1548

all but1590

anewst1590

uneath1590

next to1611

nearlya1616

thereaboutsa1616

welly1615

thereabout1664

within (an) ames-ace ofa1670

anear1675

pretty much1682

three parts1711

newsta1728

only not1779

partly1781

in all but name1824

just about1836

nentes1854

near1855

nar1859

just1860

not-quite1870

nearabouta1878

effectively1884

nigh on1887

1567 G. Turberville tr. Ovid Heroycall Epist. 6 Thy plighted promise was with shippe here to arryude againe Before or neere aboute the time the waxen Moone should waine.

1621 J. Reynolds Triumphs Gods Revenge: 1st Bk. iv. 110 Shee is euery morning in that Church and Place, and neere about the same houre.

c1639 T. Dekker & J. Ford Sun's-darling (1656) i. 5 'Tis neere about the minute, thy Patron will descend.

1708 in Rec. Early Hist. Boston (1882) VIII. 81 The mouth of the Said creek bears Neer about North East from ye Knowl of Trees.

1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. II. xxi. 169 The Tormican is near about the Size of the Moor-Fowl (or Grouse).

a1878 H. Ainslie Pilgrimage to Land of Burns & Poems (1892) 357 A towmond nearabout has run.

1928 ‘M. Chapman’ Happy Mountain iii. 25 All the fields were nearabout flat.

1960 D. D. Murison in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. 395/1 Three fit sax near or nearabout.

1988 A. Tyler Breathing Lessons ii. 152 Two or three times a year, near-about, I dream that this neighbor and I are kissing.

B. prep.

In the vicinity of, nearby (a location); around (a period of time).

ΚΠ

1452 in W. Fraser Douglas Bk. (1885) III. 78 The toftis and the park lyand..nere about the said castell.

a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 45 Near about Sidon begin the precincts of the Holy-Land.

1855 Harper's Mag. Mar. 538/1 Some one was carrying or moving a heavy object of some kind across the room, and set it down with a curious sort of clang near about the centre.

1981 L. A. Pederson et al. Ling. Atlas Gulf States 0420/070 [Alabama] On the county line nearabout where he was born.

2001 Tribune (Chandigarh, India) (Electronic ed.) 9 Nov. Nearabout those very times, a governor General had to be appointed in the newly created State of Pakistan.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nearabout
释义	nearaboutadv.prep. Brit. /ˈnɪərəbaʊt/, /ˌnɪərəˈbaʊt/, U.S. /ˌnɪrəˈbaʊt/ Forms: see near adv.² and about adv. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: near adv.², about adv. Etymology: < near adv.² + about adv., after thereabout adv., hereabout adv., whereabout adv. and n., etc. Now colloquial and regional. A. adv. 1. In this vicinity; nearby. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [adverb] nighOE anewstOE nearOE yhendeOE hendc1175 hendena1200 anighc1275 besidesc1275 bihalvec1275 beside1297 narc1325 on (also upon) hand (also hands)c1330 bya1400 anighsta1425 nearabout?a1425 near-awaya1586 a hand1637 anear1798 the world > space > distance > nearness > [adverb] > in the vicinity environa1393 nearabout?a1425 besideward1460 environeea1500 round about1526 round1593 around1762 inabout1813 ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 20 Þe fairest maydens of þe cuntree nere aboute. a1525 Bk. Chess l. 1120 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 117 Thar nedis no luftennand ner about. ?a1610 A. Montgomerie Poems (1887) xviii. 59 Thair brald a bissat neir about. 1892 A. Bierce Tales of Soldiers & Civilians 259 In all the rural district near about. 1933 J. Steinbeck To God Unknown ii. 7 The Mexican Indians still lived near about and held their festivals. 2. Nearly, almost; approximately. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > [adverb] somec888 aboutOE thereabouts1413 thereabout1534 thereby1563 nearabout1567 thereupona1676 thereaway1815 nearabouts1834 somewheres1859 let us say1863 the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] > almost or nearly nigheOE well-nigheOE forneanc1000 well-nearc1175 almostc1261 nighwhatc1300 nearhandc1350 nigh handa1375 nigh handsa1375 as good asc1390 into (right) littlea1413 unto litea1420 nigh byc1430 nearbyc1485 near handsa1500 as near as1517 mosta1538 next door1542 wellmost1548 all but1590 anewst1590 uneath1590 next to1611 nearlya1616 thereaboutsa1616 welly1615 thereabout1664 within (an) ames-ace ofa1670 anear1675 pretty much1682 three parts1711 newsta1728 only not1779 partly1781 in all but name1824 just about1836 nentes1854 near1855 nar1859 just1860 not-quite1870 nearabouta1878 effectively1884 nigh on1887 1567 G. Turberville tr. Ovid Heroycall Epist. 6 Thy plighted promise was with shippe here to arryude againe Before or neere aboute the time the waxen Moone should waine. 1621 J. Reynolds Triumphs Gods Revenge: 1st Bk. iv. 110 Shee is euery morning in that Church and Place, and neere about the same houre. c1639 T. Dekker & J. Ford Sun's-darling (1656) i. 5 'Tis neere about the minute, thy Patron will descend. 1708 in Rec. Early Hist. Boston (1882) VIII. 81 The mouth of the Said creek bears Neer about North East from ye Knowl of Trees. 1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. II. xxi. 169 The Tormican is near about the Size of the Moor-Fowl (or Grouse). a1878 H. Ainslie Pilgrimage to Land of Burns & Poems (1892) 357 A towmond nearabout has run. 1928 ‘M. Chapman’ Happy Mountain iii. 25 All the fields were nearabout flat. 1960 D. D. Murison in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. 395/1 Three fit sax near or nearabout. 1988 A. Tyler Breathing Lessons ii. 152 Two or three times a year, near-about, I dream that this neighbor and I are kissing. B. prep. In the vicinity of, nearby (a location); around (a period of time). ΚΠ 1452 in W. Fraser Douglas Bk. (1885) III. 78 The toftis and the park lyand..nere about the said castell. a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 45 Near about Sidon begin the precincts of the Holy-Land. 1855 Harper's Mag. Mar. 538/1 Some one was carrying or moving a heavy object of some kind across the room, and set it down with a curious sort of clang near about the centre. 1981 L. A. Pederson et al. Ling. Atlas Gulf States 0420/070 [Alabama] On the county line nearabout where he was born. 2001 Tribune (Chandigarh, India) (Electronic ed.) 9 Nov. Nearabout those very times, a governor General had to be appointed in the newly created State of Pakistan. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.prep.?a1425
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