Definitions for: Around


[adv] (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"
[adv] in circumference; "the trunk is ten feet around"; "the pond is two miles around"
[adv] in the area or vicinity; "a few spectators standing about"; "hanging around"; "waited around for the next flight"
[adv] from beginning to end; throughout; "It rains all year round on Skye"; "frigid weather the year around"
[adv] by a circular or circuitous route; "He came all the way around the base"; "the road goes around the pond"
[adv] in a circle or circular motion; "The wheels are spinning around"
[adv] 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"
[adv] to a particular destination either specified or understood; "she came around to see me"; "I invited them around for supper"
[adv] in or to a reversed position or direction; "about face"; "brought the ship about"; "suddenly she turned around"
[adv] 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: A*round", adv. [Pref. a- + round.]
1. In a circle; circularly; on every side; round.

2. In a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space;
all about; as, to travel around from town to town.

3. 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.


A*round", prep.
1. On all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make
the circuit of; about.

A lambent flame arose, which gently spread Around
his brows. --Dryden.

2. 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.]

Synonyms: about, approximately, close to, just about, more or less, or so, roughly, round, some

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