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round

raʊnd

Meanings

adjective

shaped like a circle or cylinder.
E.g. she was seated at a small, round table
shaped like a sphere.
E.g. a round glass ball
(of a voice) rich and mellow; not harsh.
E.g. his rich, round voice went down well with the listeners
(of a number) expressed in convenient units rather than exactly, for example to the nearest whole number or multiple of ten.
E.g. the size of the fleet is given in round numbers
not omitting or disguising anything; frank.
E.g. she berated him in good round terms

noun

a circular piece of something.
E.g. cut the pastry into rounds
an act of visiting a number of people or places in turn.
E.g. she did the rounds of her family to say goodbye
each of a sequence of sessions in a process, typically characterized by development between one session and another.
E.g. the two sides held three rounds of talks
a regularly recurring sequence of activities.
E.g. their lives were a daily round of housework and laundry
a song for three or more unaccompanied voices or parts, each singing the same theme but starting one after another, at the same pitch or in octaves; a simple canon.
a slice of bread.
E.g. two rounds of toast
the amount of ammunition needed to fire one shot.
E.g. the gun can fire 30 rounds a second

adverb

so as to rotate or cause rotation; with circular motion.
E.g. a plane circled round overhead
so as to rotate and face in the opposite direction.
E.g. he swung round to face her
so as to surround someone or something.
E.g. everyone crowded round
so as to reach a new place or position, typically by moving to the other side of something.
E.g. he made his way round to the back of the building
used to suggest idle and purposeless motion or activity.
E.g. he was driving round aimlessly
so as to give support and companionship.
E.g. if one girl is distraught the others will rally round

preposition

on every side of (a focal point).
E.g. the area round the school
so as to encircle (someone or something).
E.g. he wrapped the blanket round him
following an approximately circular route past (a corner or obstacle).
E.g. a bus appeared round the corner
so as to cover or take in the whole area of (a place).
E.g. she went round the house and saw that all the windows were barred

verb

pass and go round (something) so as to move on in a changed direction.
E.g. the ship rounded the cape and sailed north
alter (a number) to one less exact but more convenient for calculations.
E.g. we'll round the weight up to the nearest kilo
give a round shape to.
E.g. a lathe that rounded chair legs

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