Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To change the shape of (an object) to make it smoother and especially more circular or ovoid.

    abrunden

    округля́тьokrugljátʹ, округли́тьokruglítʹ, закругля́тьzakrugljátʹ

  2. (intransitive, transitive)To change (a number) to an approximation having fewer significant digits.

    The instructions say that we are not to round off until we reach the final figure. [in a calculation with interim steps]

    Round off 15.4 to 15, round off 15.51 to 15.5 or to 16, round off 0.499 to 0, and round off 970,000 to 1 million.

    runden

    округля́тьokrugljátʹ, округли́тьokruglítʹ

  3. (transitive)To complete or finish something.

    abrunden, den letzten Schliff geben

    зака́нчиватьzakánčivatʹ, зако́нчитьzakónčitʹ, заверша́тьzaveršátʹ

More definitions
  • express as a round number
  • make round
  • bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Round off the edges a little.

    ruЗакруглите слегка края. — sharptoothed

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  2. We should round off the sharp edges.

  3. He rounded off his speech with a famous proverb.

  4. Round it off.

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  5. 'Guillaume and Lebas' will that not make a good business name? We might add, 'and Co.' to round off the firm's signature.

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to change the shape of an object to make it more circular:
to complete or finish something:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to change the shape of an object to make it more circular:
to change a number into an approximation having fewer significant digits:
to complete or finish something:

Forms

rounds off, rounding off, rounded off, rounded off
Base formround off · to round off
3rd person singularrounds off
Present participlerounding off
Past simplerounded off
Past participlerounded off

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyround off
he, she, itrounds off

Past simpleLesson

all personsrounded off

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave rounded off
he, she, ithas rounded off

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill round off

Phrasal verbs

7 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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