Meaning

2 senses
  1. (intransitive)To become rounder or plumper.

    It was Bill all right, but he'd really rounded out since I'd last seen him.

  2. (transitive)To make more complete by adding details.

    Here are some actual figures to round out the basic report.

    дополня́тьdopolnjátʹ

    make bigger or better or more complete

Examples

3 sentences
  1. I need this to round out my collection.

    ruМне это нужно, чтоб пополнить мою коллекцию. — sharptoothed

  2. Several balls in the evening round out the day.

  3. When the lecturer turned round, he sneaked out of the classroom.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
To make more complete by adding details:

Forms

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

irregular

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personsrounded out

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill round out

Phrasal verbs

7 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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