Definitions for around
əˈraʊndaround

Princeton's WordNet(2.80 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. about, aroundadverb

   in the area or vicinity

   "a few spectators standing about"; "hanging around"; "waited around for the next flight"

2. aroundadverb

   by a circular or circuitous route

   "He came all the way around the base"; "the road goes around the pond"

3. about, aroundadverb

   used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction

   "wandering about with no place to go"; "people were rushing about"; "news gets around (or about)"; "traveled around in Asia"; "he needs advice from someone who's been around"; "she sleeps around"

4. aroundadverb

   in a circle or circular motion

   "The wheels are spinning around"

5. approximately, about, close to, just about, some, roughly, more or less, around, or soadverb

   (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct

   "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party"

6. about, aroundadverb

   in or to a reversed position or direction

   "about face"; "suddenly she turned around"

7. aroundadverb

   to a particular destination either specified or understood

   "she came around to see me"; "I invited them around for supper"

8. about, aroundadverb

   all around or on all sides

   "dirty clothes lying around (or about)"; "let's look about for help"; "There were trees growing all around"; "she looked around her"

9. aroundadverb

   in circumference

   "the trunk is ten feet around"; "the pond is two miles around"

10. round, aroundadverb

    from beginning to end; throughout

    "It rains all year round on Skye"; "frigid weather the year around"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. aroundadverb

   Generally.

2. aroundadverb

   From place to place, or from one place to another

3. aroundadverb

   Partially or completely rotated, including to face in the opposite direction.

4. aroundadjective

   Alive; existing.

5. aroundpreposition

   Defining a circle or closed curve containing a thing.

6. aroundpreposition

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

7. aroundpreposition

   Following a path which curves near an object, with the object on the inside of the curve

   The road took a brief detour around the large rock formation, then continued straight.

8. aroundpreposition

   Near; in the vicinity of.

9. aroundpreposition

   At various places in.

10. Etymology: From around, from a- (from a-) + round, equivalent to. Cognate with aroond, aroon. Displaced earlier umbe, embe (from). See umbe.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Aroundadverb

   in a circle; circularly; on every side; round

2. Aroundadverb

   in a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town

3. Aroundadverb

   near; in the neighborhood; as, this man was standing around when the fight took place

4. Around

   on all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make the circuit of; about

5. Around

   from one part to another of; at random through; about; on another side of; as, to travel around the country; a house standing around the corner

6. Etymology: [Pref. a- + round.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Around

   Around is Tom Verlaine's ninth solo album, his second all instrumental one. It was engineered in New York City by Patrick A. Derivaz.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Around

   a-rownd′, prep. on all sides of: (Amer.) round about.—adv. on every side: in a circle: (Amer.) round, all about, [a, on, and Round.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. around

   From a place to a specific location.

   They went around to see their friend.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 3, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'around' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #372

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'around' in Written Corpus Frequency: #467

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'around' in Adverbs Frequency: #60

How to pronounce around?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say around in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of around in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of around in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of around in a Sentence

1. President Trump:

   I believe we'll have the vaccine before the end of the year, certainly, but around that date, yes. I think so.

2. Andy Gillham:

   In a normal year, we would start to see the fire season kick off in a big way around early January and we're already up towards a million hectares of burnt country. This is a marathon event and we expect to be busy managing these fires for at least the next eight weeks.

3. Herschel McGriff Sr.:

   NASCAR, they want to make sure — you know, 90 years old, a lot of them are in a wheelchair or pushing carts around and walkers, that kind of thing, they don’t quite understand my abilities, I guess. Since I hadn’t driven for over three years, they sent a guy out here [from Charlotte] to test me. I had to run 50 laps on the track. I borrowed my son’s car to do it in. Then they had to have a letter from my cardiologist to make sure that my ticker was good and so my cardiologist, he put me through the whole thing.

4. Sherry Johnson:

   I have had this job for years. The people who come in my aisle are like family — I have been around for the births, graduations and weddings in their lives, my colleagues are like family, too. Look, I just plain love what I do.

5. Samantha Du:

   Over 18 months, we've raised around $140 million and haven't even spent the first round.

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