Meaning of round in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Verb
    1. Definitions
  3. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  4. Adverb
    1. Definitions
  5. Noun
    1. Definitions
  6. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /raʊnd/

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  1. Verb

    round

    Definitions

    1. wind around

    Examples

    • « move along a circular course »
    • « round the bend »

    Derived terms

  2. 2. make round

    Examples

    • « round the edges »

    Derived terms

  3. 3. be around

    Examples

    • « Developments surround the town »
    • « The river encircles the village »

    Derived terms

  4. 4. pronounce with rounded lips
  5. 5. attack in speech or writing

    Examples

    • « The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker »

    Derived terms

  6. 6. bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state

    Examples

    • « polish your social manners »

    Derived terms

  7. 7. express as a round number

    Examples

    • « round off the amount »
  8. 8. become round, plump, or shapely

    Examples

    • « The young woman is fleshing out »

  9. Classifying Adjective

    round

    Definitions

    1. (of sounds) full and rich

    Examples

    • « orotund tones »
    • « the rotund and reverberating phrase »
    • « pear-shaped vowels »

    Synonyms

  10. 2. (of numbers) to the nearest ten, hundred, or thousand

    Examples

    • « in round numbers »

    Synonyms

  11. Adverb

    round

    Definitions

    1. from beginning to end

    Examples

    • « throughout »
    • « It rains all year round on Skye »
    • « frigid weather the year around »

  12. Noun

    round

    Definitions

    1. a charge of ammunition for a single shot
  13. 2. an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs

    Examples

    • « the neverending cycle of the seasons »

    Derived terms

  14. 3. a regular route for a sentry or policeman

    Examples

    • « in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name »
  15. 4. (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order)

    Examples

    • « the doctor goes on his rounds first thing every morning »
    • « the postman's rounds »
    • « we enjoyed our round of the local bars »
  16. 5. the activity of playing 18 holes of golf

    Examples

    • « a round of golf takes about 4 hours »
  17. 6. the usual activities in your day

    Examples

    • « the doctor made his rounds »
  18. 7. (sports) a period of play during which one team is on the offensive
  19. 8. the course along which communications spread

    Examples

    • « the story is going the rounds in Washington »
  20. 9. a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic)

    Examples

    • « he ordered a second round »
  21. 10. a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg
  22. 11. a partsong in which voices follow each other

    Examples

    • « one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time »
    • « they enjoyed singing rounds »

    Derived terms

  23. 12. an outburst of applause

    Examples

    • « there was a round of applause »
  24. 13. a crosspiece between the legs of a chair

    Derived terms

  25. 14. any circular or rotating mechanism

    Examples

    • « the machine punched out metal circles »

    Derived terms

  26. Qualitative Adjective

    round

    Etymology

    Middle English: from the Old French stem round-, from a variant of Latin rotundus‘rotund’

    Definitions

    1. having a circular shape

    Synonyms

    Antonyms

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