round
/ˈɹaʊnd//ˈɹaʊnd/adverb
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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.
preposition
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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.
noun
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A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
A circular or repetitious route.
Example: The guards have started their rounds; the prisoner should be caught soon.
A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
Example: The candidate got a round of applause after every sentence or two.
A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
verb
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To shape something into a curve.
Example: The carpenter rounded the edges of the table.
To become shaped into a curve.
(with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out.
Example: She rounded out her education with only a single mathematics class.
To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.
Example: Ninety-five rounds up to one hundred.
adjective
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(physical) Shape.
Complete, whole, not lacking.
Example: The baker sold us a round dozen.
(of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
Example: One hundred is a nice round number.
Pronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded.