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Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Old French ront, runt ( > French rond), representing an earlier *rodond, from Latin rotundus ( > Italian rotondo, Provençal redon, Spanish redondo etc.). The noun developed partly from the adjective and partly from the corresponding French noun rond. Compare rotund and rotunda.

Adjective [edit]

round (comparative rounder or more round, superlative roundest or most round)

  1. Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.
    We sat at a round table to make conversation easier.
  2. Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.
    The ancient Egyptian demonstrated that the Earth is round, not flat.
  3. Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves.
    Our child's bed has round corners for safety.
  4. Plump.
  5. Complete, whole, not lacking.
    The baker sold us a round dozen.
  6. (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
    One hundred is a nice round number.
  7. (linguistics) Pronounced with the lips drawn together.
Synonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
circular or cylindrical
spherical
of corners that lack sharp angles
plump
complete, not lacking
of a number that has been rounded off
pronounced with the mouth in the shape of an "O"
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Noun [edit]

round (plural rounds)

  1. A circular object.
    • 1955, William Golding, The Inheritors, Faber and Faber 2005, p. 50:
      All at once the sun was through, a round of dulled silver, racing slantwise through the clouds yet always staying in the same place.
  2. A circular or repetitious route; hospital rounds.
    The guards have started their rounds; the prisoner should be caught soon.
  3. A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
    The candidate got a round of applause after every sentence or two.
  4. A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
  5. A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
    They brought us a round of drinks about every thirty minutes.
  6. A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
    • 2009, Patrick Condon, "Boy with cancer, mom return home", Associated Press, printed in Austin American-Statesman, 2009 May 26, page A4:
      Daniel underwent one round of chemotherapy in February but stopped after that single treatment, citing religious beliefs.
  7. (art) A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
  8. A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Compare round shot and solid shot.
  9. (sports) One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop.
    • April 19 2002, Scott Tobias, AV Club Fightville[1]
      And though Fightville, an MMA documentary from the directors of the fine Iraq War doc Gunner Palace, presents it more than fairly, the sight of a makeshift ring getting constructed on a Louisiana rodeo ground does little to shake the label. Nor do the shots of ringside assistants with spray bottles and rags, mopping up the blood between rounds
  10. (sports) A stage in a competition.
    qualifying rounds of the championship
  11. (sports) In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
  12. (engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.
  13. A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.
    All furniture in the nursery had rounds on the edges and in the crevices.
  14. (butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine.
  15. (dated) A rung, as of a ladder.
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 8
      The perpendicular parts of this side ladder, as is usually the case with swinging ones, were of cloth-covered rope, only the rounds were of wood, so that at every step there was a joint.
Synonyms [edit]
  • (song): canon
  • (hindquarters of a bovine): rump
Antonyms [edit]
  • (rounded inside edge): fillet
Translations [edit]
circular object
circular or repetitious route
outburst
song
serving
single individual portion or dose of medicine
circular paintbrush
individual ammunition shell
segment of a sport event
stage of a sports competition
golf etc: way around the course
rounded relief or cut at an edge
strip of material with a circular face
hindquarters of a bovine for butchering
rung of a ladder
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Preposition [edit]

round

  1. (rare in US) Alternative form of around.
    I look round the room quick to make sure it's neat.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
around — see around

Adverb [edit]

round (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of around.
    • Cowper
      The serpent Error twines round human hearts.
Translations [edit]
around — see around

Verb [edit]

round (third-person singular simple present rounds, present participle rounding, simple past and past participle rounded)

  1. (transitive) To shape something into a curve.
    The carpenter rounded the edges of the table.
  2. (intransitive) To become shaped into a curve.
    • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
      The girl's figure, he perceived, was admirably proportioned; she was evidently at the period when the angles of childhood were rounding into the promising curves of adolescence.
  3. (with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out.
    She rounded out her education with only a single mathematics class.
  4. (intransitive) To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.
    Ninety-five rounds up to one hundred.
  5. (transitive) To turn past a boundary.
    Helen watched him until he rounded the corner.
  6. (intransitive) To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
    As a group of policemen went past him, one of them rounded on him, grabbing him by the arm.
  7. (transitive, baseball) To advance to home plate.
    And the runners round the bases on the double by Jones.
  8. (transitive) To go round, pass, go past.
    • 2011 March 2, Andy Campbell, “Celtic 1 - 0 Rangers”, BBC:
      Diouf rounded Zaluska near the byeline and crossed but Daniel Majstorovic headed away and Celtic eventually mopped up the danger.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
to shape into a curve
to become shaped into a curve
to complete, fill out
to approximate a number
to turn past a boundary
to turn and attack someone
baseball: to advance to home plate
to go round, pass, go past

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Etymology 2 [edit]

From Middle English rounen, from Old English rūnian (“to whisper, talk low, talk secrets, consipre, talk secretly”), from Proto-Germanic *rūnōnan (“to talk secrets, whisper, decide”), *raunijanan (“to investigate, examine, prove”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)rewə-, *(e)rwō- (“to trace, find out, look out”). Cognate with Scots roun (“to converse with in whispers, speak privately”), Middle Low German rūnen (“to whisper”), Middle Dutch ruinen (“to whisper”), German raunen (“to whisper, murmur”), Old English rūn (“whisper, secret, mystery”), Swedish röna (“to meet with, experience”). More at rune.

Verb [edit]

round (third-person singular simple present rounds, present participle rounding, simple past and past participle rounded)

  1. (intransitive, archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To speak in a low tone; whisper; speak secretly; take counsel.
  2. (transitive, archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To address or speak to in a whisper, utter in a whisper.

Etymology 3 [edit]

From Middle English roun, from Old English rūn (“whisper, secret, mystery”), from Proto-Germanic *rūnō, *raunō (“a whisper, secret, secret sign”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)rewə-, *(e)rwō- (“to trace, find out, look out”). Cognate with Scots roun, round (“a whisper, secret story”), German Rune (“rune”), Swedish rön (“findings, observations, experience”).

Noun [edit]

round (plural rounds)

  1. (archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A whisper; whispering.
  2. (archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Discourse; song.

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Noun [edit]

round m (invariable)

  1. (sports) round
  2. round (session or series)
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