Meaning
2 senses(informal, not comparable, predicative)Present in the vicinity.
Is Clare around today?
(informal, not comparable, predicative)Alive; existing.
The record store on Main Street? Yes, it's still around.
"How is old Bob? I heard that his health is failing." "Oh, he's still around. He's feeling better now."
es gibt X noch
Examples
7856 sentencesIs there a hotel around here?
Чи є тут поблизу готель? — deniko
ruЗдесь поблизости есть гостиница? — odexed
I think it's somewhere around here.
Я думаю, це десь тут. — deniko
deIch denke, dass es hier in der Nähe ist. — xtofu80
Christmas is just around the corner.
Наближається Різдво. — deniko
ruПриближается Рождество. — al_ex_an_der
deWeihnachten steht vor der Tür. — samueldora
I'll show you around the city.
Я покажу тобі місто. — Internecivus
ruЯ покажу тебе город. — Wadimiy
deIch werde dir die Stadt zeigen. — Sprachprofi
Spring is just around the corner.
Скоро настане весна. — uaspeaker
ruСкоро будет весна. — Maksimo
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English around, arounde, from a- (from Old English a- (“on, at”)) + Middle EngFrom Middle English around, arounde, from a- (from Old English a- (“on, at”)) + Middle English round (“circle, round”) borrowed from French, equivalent to a- + round. Cognate with Scots aroond, aroon (“around”). Displaced earlier Middle English umbe, embe (“around”) (from Old English ymbe (“around”)).
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Word family
1 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- looked around
- around the world
- stick around
- around the corner
- turned around
- traveled around
- travel around the
- looked around the
- turned around and
- walked around the
- stick around for
- people around here