round
To shape something into a curveTo shape something into a curve.
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» I bought a round-trip ticket.
Я купив квиток туди і назад. — deniko
Я купила квиток туди і назад. — deniko
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6 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
Examples
812 sentencesI bought a round-trip ticket.
Я купив квиток туди і назад. — deniko
The man walked round the corner.
Чоловік зайшов за ріг. — brambury
deDer Mann ging um die Ecke. — Tamy
Did you buy a round-trip ticket?
Ти купив квиток туди й назад? — deniko
ruТы купил билет туда и обратно? — marafon
deHast du ein Hin- und Zurück-Ticket gekauft? — jakov
Meaning
15 senses(intransitive, transitive)To approximate (a number, especially a decimal number) by the closest whole number, or some other close number, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.; see also round down, round up.
The exact amount was $101.65, but we rounded it to $100.
95.9 rounds to 96.
runden
округля́тьokrugljátʹ, округли́тьokruglítʹ
To finish; to complete; to fill out; see also round out.
She rounded out her education with only a single mathematics class.
(transitive)To shape something into a curve.
The carpenter rounded the edges of the table.
округля́тьokrugljátʹ, округли́тьokruglítʹ, скругля́тьskrugljátʹ
More meanings 12
(transitive)To turn past a boundary.
Helen watched him until he rounded the corner.
огиба́тьogibátʹ, обогну́тьobognútʹ
(intransitive)To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
As a group of policemen went past him, one of them rounded on him, grabbing him by the arm.
(transitive)To go round, pass, go past.
(transitive)To advance to home plate.
And the runners round the bases on the double by Jones.
(intransitive)To become shaped into a curve.
To encircle; to encompass.
To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
(colloquial)To do ward rounds.
(intransitive, obsolete)To go round, as a guard; to make the rounds.
- wind around; move along a circular course
- make round
- pronounce with rounded lips
- attack in speech or writing
Origin
From Middle English round, rounde, from Old Northern French roünt, rund, Old French ront,From Middle English round, rounde, from Old Northern French roünt, rund, Old French ront, runt, reont ( > French rond), from both Late Latin retundus and the original Latin rotundus. The noun developed partly from the adjective and partly from the corresponding French noun rond. Doublet of rotund.
From Middle English rounen, from Old English rūnian (“to whisper, talk low, talk secrets, consipre, talk secretly”), from Proto-Germanic *rūnōną (“to talk secrets, whisper, decide”), *raunijaną (“to investigate, examine, prove”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)rewə-, *(e)rwō- (“to trace, find out, look out”). Cognate with Scots roun (“to converse with in whispers, speak privately”), Middle Low German rūnen (“to whisper”), Middle Dutch ruinen (“to whisper”), German raunen (“to whisper, murmur”), Old English rūn (“whisper, secret, mystery”), Swedish röna (“to meet with, experience”). More at rune.
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Forms
rounds, rounding, rounded, roundedTenses
round · rounded · will round · have roundedPhrasal verbs
7 phrasal verbs- round inTo haul up; usually, to haul the slack of (a rope) through its leading block, or to haul up (a tackle which hangs loose) by its fall.
- round upсгонять, согнатьzusammentreiben, zusammentrommelnrassembler, réunirjuntar, reunirTo collect or gather (something) together.
- round onTo turn and attack someone or something.
- round offокруглять, округлитьabrundenredondeararrondirzaokrąglać, zaokrąglićarredondarTo change the shape of (an object) to make it smoother and especially more circular or ovoid.
- round outTo become rounder or plumper.
- round downabrundenarrotondare per difettoTo round (a number) to the greatest integer that is not greater than it, or to some other lower value, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.
Synonyms
16 synonyms- make round:round outround off
- pronounce with rounded lips:labializelabialise
- attack in speech or writing:attackassaillash outsnipeassault
- bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state:polishround offpolish upbrush up
- express as a round number:round offround downround out
- become round, plump, or shapely:flesh outfill out
Word family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
7 patterns- round trip ticket
- a round trip
- year round
- all year round
- the year round
- round trip
- bought a round
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.