ROUND | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

Middle English: from the Old French stem round-, from a variant of Latin rotundus ‘rotund’

shaped like a circle or cylinder

shaped like circle or cylinder

• she was seated at a small, round table

shaped like a sphere

shaped like sphere

• a round glass ball
• the grapes are small and round

(of a voice) rich and mellow; not harsh

rich and mellow

• his rich, round voice went down well with the listeners

(of a number) expressed in convenient units rather than exactly, for example to the nearest whole number or multiple of ten

expressed in convenient units rather than exactly

• the size of the fleet is given in round numbers

not omitting or disguising anything; frank

not omitting or disguising anything

• she berated him in good round terms

a circular piece of something

circular piece of something

• cut the pastry into rounds

an act of visiting a number of people or places in turn

act of visiting several people or places in turn

• she did the rounds of her family to say goodbye

each of a sequence of sessions in a process, typically characterized by development between one session and another

each of sequence of sessions in process

• the two sides held three rounds of talks

a regularly recurring sequence of activities

regularly recurring sequence of activities

• their lives were a daily round of housework and laundry

a song for three or more unaccompanied voices or parts, each singing the same theme but starting one after another, at the same pitch or in octaves; a simple canon.

song for three or more unaccompanied voices or parts

a slice of bread

slice of bread

• two rounds of toast

the amount of ammunition needed to fire one shot

amount of ammunition needed to fire one shot

• the gun can fire 30 rounds a second

so as to rotate or cause rotation; with circular motion

so as to rotate or cause rotation

• a plane circled round overhead
• she turned her glass round and round

so as to rotate and face in the opposite direction

so as to rotate and face in opposite direction

• he swung round to face her

so as to surround someone or something

so as to surround person or thing

• everyone crowded round
• a pool with banks all the way round

so as to reach a new place or position, typically by moving to the other side of something

so as to reach new place or position

• he made his way round to the back of the building
• they went the long way round by the main road

used to suggest idle and purposeless motion or activity

used to suggest idle and purposeless motion or activity

• he was driving round aimlessly

so as to give support and companionship

so as to give support and companionship

• if one girl is distraught the others will rally round

on every side of (a focal point)

on every side of

• the area round the school
• with shifting sands all round me

so as to encircle (someone or something)

so as to encircle

• he wrapped the blanket round him
• she drew a red circle round his name

following an approximately circular route past (a corner or obstacle)

following circular route past

• a bus appeared round the corner

so as to cover or take in the whole area of (a place)

so as to cover or take in whole area of

• she went round the house and saw that all the windows were barred

pass and go round (something) so as to move on in a changed direction

pass and go round something so as to move on in changed direction

• the ship rounded the cape and sailed north

alter (a number) to one less exact but more convenient for calculations

alter number to one less exact but more convenient for calculations

• we'll round the weight up to the nearest kilo
• the committee rounded down the figure
• let's just round it off to an even ten dollars

give a round shape to

give round shape to

• a lathe that rounded chair legs