Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. about, around(adverb)

   in the area or vicinity

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

2. around(adverb)

   by a circular or circuitous route

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

3. about, around(adverb)

   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. around(adverb)

   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 so(adverb)

   (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, around(adverb)

   in or to a reversed position or direction

   "about face"; "suddenly she turned around"

7. around(adverb)

   to a particular destination either specified or understood

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

8. about, around(adverb)

   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. around(adverb)

   in circumference

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

10. round, around(adverb)

    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. around(Adverb)

   Generally.

2. around(Adverb)

   From place to place, or from one place to another

3. around(Adverb)

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

4. around(Adjective)

   Alive; existing.

5. around(Preposition)

   Defining a circle or closed curve containing a thing.

6. around(Preposition)

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

7. around(Preposition)

   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. around(Preposition)

   Near; in the vicinity of.

9. around(Preposition)

   At various places in.

Origin: 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. Around(adverb)

   in a circle; circularly; on every side; round

2. Around(adverb)

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

3. Around(adverb)

   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

Origin: [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.]

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

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

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. Sid Hashemi:

   He just floated around.

2. Arleen Weise:

   Every time I turn around.

3. Billy Horschel:

   I hope he turns it around.

4. Caleb Logan LeBlanc:

   Is Taco Bell still around?

5. Brian Kelly:

   An all-around solid choice.

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