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round

/ˈɹaʊnd/
adverb
  1. So as to form a circle or trace a circular path, or approximation thereof.

    "High above, vultures circled around."

  2. So as to surround or be near.

    "Everybody please gather around."

  3. Nearly; approximately; about.

    "An adult elephant weighs around five tons."

preposition
  1. Defining a circle or closed curve containing a thing.

    "I planted a row of lilies around the statue."

  2. (of abstract things) Centred upon; surrounding.

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

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

    "She went around the track fifty times."

noun
  1. A circular or spherical object or part of an object.

  2. A circular or repetitious route.

    "The guards have started their rounds; the prisoner should be caught soon."

  3. A general outburst from a group of people at an event.

    "The candidate got a round of applause after every sentence or two."

Synonymsrump, canon
Antonymsfillet
verb
  1. To shape something into a curve.

    "The carpenter rounded the edges of the table."

  2. To become shaped into a curve.

  3. (with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out.

    "She rounded out her education with only a single mathematics class."

Synonymssurround
adjective
  1. (physical) Shape.

  2. Complete, whole, not lacking.

    "The baker sold us a round dozen."

  3. (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.

    "One hundred is a nice round number."

Synonymscircular, cylindrical, discoid, complete, entire, whole
Antonymsflat

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