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roundUK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈraʊnd/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/raʊnd/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(round)
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around
- round - about talking about movement: ‘around’, ‘round’, and ‘about’ as prepositions or adverbs When you are talking about movement in many different directions, you can use around, round, or about. You can use these words as adverbs. It's so romantic up there, flying in a small plane. We wandered for hours. Police walk patrolling the city. You can also use these words as prepositions. I've been walking Moscow. I spent a couple of hours driving Richmond. He looked the room but couldn't see her. Speakers of American English usually use around, rather than ‘round’ or ‘about’, in this sense. talking about position: ‘around’ and ‘round’ as prepositions When one thing is around or round another thing, it surrounds it or is on all sides of it. In this sense, these words are prepositions. You can't use ‘about’ in this sense. She was wearing a scarf her head. He had a towel wrapped around his head. The earth moves the sun. The satellite passed around the earth. Speakers of American English usually use around, rather than ‘round’, in this sense. being present or available: ‘around’ and ‘about’ as adverbs When you are talking about something being generally present or available, you can use around or about, but not ‘round’, as adverbs. There is a lot of talent at the moment. There are not that many jobs . ‘around’ and ‘round’ used in phrasal verbs You can also use around or round as the second part of some phrasal verbs, including come (a)round, turn (a)round, look (a)round, and run (a)round. Don't wait for April to before planning your vegetable garden. When interview time , Rachel was nervous. Imogen the problem in a clever way. A problem has developed and I don't know how to it. He and faced the window. The old lady angrily. American English uses only around in these cases. ‘around’, ‘about’ and ‘round about’ meaning ‘approximately’ In conversation, around, about and round about are sometimes used to mean ‘approximately’. He owns 200 acres. She's about twenty years old. I've been here for ten years. Be careful Don't use ‘round’ like this. Don't say, for example, ‘He owns round 200 acres.’ 'round' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Forum discussions with the word(s) "round" in the title: 'round and round', a verb ? - English Only forum
'round me roll'd - English Only forum 'round' as in tour, visit - English Only forum ‘Where’s Jane?’ ‘She’s round at Pat’s.’ - English Only forum (a)round/ beyond the corner - English Only forum [From behind one pillar] I could peep round quietly at the full front of the mansion - English Only forum [Know one’s way round a place] vs. [know a place like the back one one’s hand] - English Only forum [the dog] hopping round hoping for a tail end - English Only forum 24/7 ( to mean round the clock) - English Only forum 8th round bust - English Only forum a 'bullet round' - English Only forum a bit round the bend -- origin - English Only forum a bust the first go-round with Russia - English Only forum a glorified round? - English Only forum a good round head - English Only forum a good round sum - English Only forum A hard round of - English Only forum A little fat round the hips doesn't harm any woman. - English Only forum a little round around the middle - English Only forum a long way round to go to - English Only forum a mortar round just that afternoon had exploded near me and almost blew my eardrums out - English Only forum A mountain which is like in spring all year round - English Only forum A new round of comments - English Only forum A new round of tariffs Trump had threatened to go into effect this month will be delayed. - English Only forum a quickie round the bikes shed - English Only forum A round count - English Only forum A round goes to someone. - English Only forum a round legal hand - English Only forum a round of chess - English Only forum a round of ripples - English Only forum more...
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