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(with the verb "to be") Present in the vicinity.

Example: Is Clare around today?

(with the verb "to be") Alive; existing.

Example: "How is old Bob? I heard that his health is failing."  "Oh, he's still around. He's feeling better now."

So as to form a circle or trace a circular path, or approximation thereof.

Example: High above, vultures circled around.

So as to surround or be near.

Example: Everybody please gather around.

Nearly; approximately; about.

Example: An adult elephant weighs around five tons.

From place to place.

Example: Look around and see what you find.

Defining a circle or closed curve containing a thing.

Example: I planted a row of lilies around the statue.

(of abstract things) Centred upon; surrounding.

Example: There has been a lot of controversy around the handling of personal information.

Following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point.

Example: She went around the track fifty times.

Following a path which curves near an object, with the object on the inside of the curve.

Example: The road took a brief detour around the large rock formation, then went straight on.