round
noun [C] (COMPETITION PART) /raʊnd/Definition
B2 a part of a competition: She was knocked out of the championship in the third round.Parts and stages of competitions › one of the periods of time during a boxing or wrestling match when the competitors are fightingBoxingParts and stages of competitions › a complete game in golfGolf
(Definition of round noun (COMPETITION PART) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
© Cambridge University Press)
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Synonyms and related words:
- all-in wrestling noun
- arm-wrestling noun
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- black belt noun
- body blow noun
- flyweight noun
- foil noun (SWORD)
- gumshield noun
- heavyweight noun
- jab noun
- jab verb
- jiujitsu noun
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