Etymology : Middle English, from 1a- + 2round
Pronunciation : &-raund
Function : adverb
Date : 14th century
1. adencircling; nearby. prep. surrounding; approximately. around\a*round"\ , adv. [pref. a- + round.].
2. in a circle; circularly; on every side; round.
3. in a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town.
4. near; in the neighborhood; as, this man was standing around when the fight took place. [colloq. u. s.]note: see:
round, the shorter form, adv. & prep., which, in some of the meanings, is more commonly used.around \a*round"\, prep.
5. on all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make the circuit of; about. a lambent flame arose, which gently spread around his brows.
6. from one part to another of; at random through; about; on another side of; as, to travel around the country; a house standing around the corner. [colloq. u. s.]around adv.
7. in the area or vicinity; "a few spectators standing about"; "hanging around"; "waited around for the next flight" [syn: about].
8. by a circular or circuitous route; "he came all the way around the base"; "the road goes around the pond".
9. to or among many different places or in no particular direction; "wandering about with no place to go"; "people were rushing about"; "news gets around (or about)"; "traveled around in asia"; "he needs advice from someone who's been around"; "she sleeps around" [syn: about].
10. in a circle or circular motion; "the wheels are spinning around".
11. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "i've had about all i can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party" [syn: approximately, about, close to, just about , some, roughly, more or less, or so].
12. in or to a reversed position or direction; "about face"; "brought the ship about"; "suddenly she turned around" [syn: about].
13. to a particular destination either specified or understood; "she came around to see:
me"; "i invited them around for supper".
14. all around or on all sides; "dirty clothes lying around (or about)"; "let's look about for help"; "there were trees growing all around"; "she looked around her" [syn: about].
15. in circumference; "the trunk is ten feet around"; "the pond is two miles around".
16. from beginning to end; throughout; "it rains all year round on skye"; "frigid weather the year around" [syn: round].
17. In a circle; circularly; on every side; round.
18. In a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town.
19. Near; in the neighborhood; as, this man was standing around when the fight took place.
20. On all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make the circuit of; about.
21. From one part to another of; at random through; about; on another side of; as, to travel around the country; a house standing around the corner. in circumference; "the trunk is ten feet around"; "the pond is two miles around" by a circular or circuitous route; "He came all the way around the base"; "the road goes around the pond" in a circle or circular motion; "The wheels are spinning around" to a particular destination either specified or understood; "she came around to see:
me"; "I invited them around for supper".
22. around Around is an adverb and a preposition. In British English, the word `round' is often used instead. Around is often used with verbs of movement, such as `walk' and `drive', and also in phrasal verbs such as `get around' and `hand around'.
23. To be positioned around a place or object means to surround it or be on all sides of it. To move around a place means to go along its edge, back to your starting point. She looked at the papers around her a prosperous suburb built around a new mosque. Around is also an adverb. a village with a rocky river, a ruined castle and hills all around The Memorial seems almost ugly, dominating the landscape for miles around.
24. If you move around a corner or obstacle, you move to the other side of it. If you look around a corner or obstacle, you look to see:
what is on the other side. The photographer stopped clicking and hurried around the corner I peered around the edge of the shed -- there was no sign of anyone else.
25. If you turn around, you turn so that you are facing in the opposite direction. I turned around and wrote the title on the blackboard He straightened up slowly and spun around on the stool to face us.
26. If you move around a place, you travel through it, going to most of its parts. If you look around a place, you look at every part of it. I've been walking around Moscow and the town is terribly quiet He glanced discreetly around the room at the other people. Around is also an adverb. He backed away from the edge, looking all around at the flat horizon.
27. If someone moves around a place, they move through various parts of that place without having any particular destination. They milled around the ballroom with video cameras. Around is also an adverb. My mornings are spent rushing around after him.
28. If you go around to someone's house, you visit them. She helped me unpack my things and then we went around to see:
the other girls.
29. You use around in expressions such as sit around and hang around when you are saying that someone is spending time in a place and not doing anything very important. After breakfast the next morning they sat around for an hour discussing political affairs. Around is also a preposition. He used to skip lessons and hang around the harbor with some other boys.
30. If you move things around, you move them so that they are in different places. She moved things around so the table was beneath the windows.
31. If a wheel or object turns around, it turns. The boat started to spin around in the water.
32. You use around to say that something happens in different parts of a place or area. Elephants were often to be found in swamp in eastern Kenya around the Tana River. pests and diseases around the garden. Around is also an adverb. Giovanni has the best Parma ham for miles around.
33. If someone or something is around, they exist or are present in a place. The blackbird had a quick, wary look in case the cat was anywhere around Just having lots of people around that you can talk to is important.
34. The people around you are the people who you come into contact with, especially your friends and relatives, and the people you work with. We change our behaviour by observing the behaviour of those around us Those around her would forgive her for weeping.
35. If something such as a film, a discussion, or a plan is based around something, that thing is its main theme. the gentle comedy based around the Larkin family The discussion centered around four subjects.
36. You use around in expressions such as this time around or to come around when you are describing something that has happened before or things that happen regularly. Senator Bentsen has declined to get involved this time around When July Fourth comes around, the residents of Columbia City throw a noisy party.
37. When you are giving measurements, you can use around to talk about the distance along the edge of something round. She was 40 inches around the hips.
38. Around means approximately. My salary was around £19,000 plus a car and expenses = about Around is also a preposition. He expects the elections to be held around November.
39. Around about means approximately. There is a Green party but it only scored around about 10 percent in the vote.
40. You say all around to indicate that something affects all parts of a situation or all members of a group. He compared the achievements of the British and the French during 1916 and concluded that the latter were better all around.
41. If someone has been around, they have had a lot of experience of different people and situations.
42. the other way around: see:
way.
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