around
Meaning
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- Forming a circle or closed curve containing (something).
- Centred upon; surrounding; regarding.
- Following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point.
- Following a path which curves near an object, with the object on the inside of the curve.
- Near; in the vicinity of.
- At or to various places within.
Synonyms
on all sides
round about
circum
be present
in the vicinity
in attendance
around here
on the other side
surrounded by
about that
all about
close at hand
in a circle
in circles
in the area
in the vicinity of
look about
look around for
near to
relate to
before and after
in the area of
front and back
before and behind
at about
in the environs of
colse to
before it
even with
in all directions
lie about
Frequency
Hyphenated as
a‧round
Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈɹaʊnd/
Etymology
From Middle English around, arounde, from a- (from Old English a- (“on, at”)) + Middle English round (“circle, round”) borrowed from French, equivalent to a- + round. Cognate with Scots aroond, aroon (“around”). Displaced earlier Middle English umbe, embe (“around”) (from Old English ymbe (“around”)). See umbe.
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