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whereabouts
Preposition
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Generally where.
Whereabouts do you come from in Korea?
whereabouts
Noun
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Something's whereabouts is/are the place where it is.
The police are looking for him but say his whereabouts are unknown.
search
Verb
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When someone searches for something, they don't know where it is and they look in many places to try to discover where it is.
I searched the whole room but I don't know where the book is.
search
Noun
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An attempt to find something.
The search for the stolen jewelry was unsuccessful.
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The act of searching, as in computers etc..
Search engines have made using the internet easier.