round
preposition, adverb (SURROUNDING) /raʊnd/ mainly UK (US usually around)Definition
A2 on all or some sides of something: We sat round the fire. The house has trees all round. The pyramid is 50 metres high and 100 metres round (the base). Everyone for a mile round (= in the area) heard the explosion.Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
(Definition of round prepositionadverb (SURROUNDING) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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round on sb/sth phrasal verb
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round preposition, adverb (AROUND)
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round preposition, adverb (DIRECTION)
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round preposition, adverb (IN ALL PARTS)
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round robin noun (COMPETITION)
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round robin noun (LETTER)
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round sth down phrasal verb
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round sth off phrasal verb (COMPLETE)
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round sth off phrasal verb (SHAPE)
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Synonyms and related words:
- beleaguered adjective
- beset adjective
- border verb (FORM EDGE)
- box sb/sth in phrasal verb
- circumscribe verb
- dunk verb (INTO LIQUID)
- enclosure noun (SURROUNDED)
- fence sth off phrasal verb
- flooding noun
- gather verb (CLOTH)
- gift-wrapped adjective
- girdle noun
- girdle verb
- soak noun (MAKE WET)
- steep verb
- wound verb
- wrap (sb) up phrasal verb
- wrap sth around/round sb/sth phrasal verb
- wrap sth around/round sth phrasal verb
- wrap verb
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