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    round
    /raʊnd/

    adjective

    noun

    • 1. a circular piece of something: "cut the pastry into rounds" Similar circledisccircletring
    • 2. an act of visiting a number of people or places in turn: "she did the rounds of her family to say goodbye"

    adverb

    • 1. so as to rotate or cause rotation; with circular motion: "a plane circled round overhead"
    • 2. so as to rotate and face in the opposite direction: "he swung round to face her"

    preposition

    • 1. on every side of (a focal point): "the area round the school" Similar aroundaboutencirclingenclosing
    • 2. so as to encircle (someone or something): "he wrapped the blanket round him"

    verb

    • 1. pass and go round (something) so as to move on in a changed direction: "the ship rounded the cape and sailed north"
    • 2. alter (a number) to one less exact but more convenient for calculations: "we'll round the weight up to the nearest kilo"

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