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round1 [ raund ] adjective ***

1. ) shaped like a circle or a ball:

Don't worry if the balls of dough aren't perfectly round.

A round table will seat more people than a square one.

Which hairstyles would look good with a round face like mine?

2. ) curved:

The round arch is thought to belong to an earlier period.

3. ) not exact, but given as a whole number or as a number ending in zero:

They quoted a round figure of $100 million.

4. ) complete and not less than a particular amount:

a round dozen: This goal brings his total for the season to a round dozen.

╾ round|ness noun uncount

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round 2 [ raund ] noun count ***

▸ 1 (one of) a series

▸ 2 bullet/shot

▸ 3 complete game of golf

▸ 4 drink for all in group

▸ 5 slice of food/sandwich

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) one of a series of meetings:

round of: The next round of peace talks will be held in Rome.

The agreement came at the end of the third round of negotiations.

a ) a game or a series of games in a competition:

Sampras plays his first match in the second round on Wednesday.

round of: Brazil beat the United States in the second round of the World Cup.

b ) one of a series of elections:

The opposition party is leading after the first round of the elections.

c ) one of a series of short periods of fighting in a BOXING or WRESTLING match:

He knocked out his opponent in the fourth round.

d ) usually plural a series of visits to different people or places made as part of someone's job:

The bag was found by a mailman on his morning delivery round.

2. ) a bullet or a shot fired from a weapon:

Those guns are capable of firing 1,250 rounds per minute.

He had a handgun and several rounds of live ammunition.

3. ) a complete game of golf:

He likes nothing more than to play a round of golf.

4. ) a drink for each of the people in a group:

Tom went to the bar to order another round of drinks.

It's my round (=I will buy the drinks).

5. ) a round SLICE of food:

He prepared cucumber rounds covered with cream cheese.

do/make the rounds

1. ) to be passed from one person to another:

There is a rumor making the rounds that he has been fired.

2. ) to go from one person or place to another:

roughly speaking of: I did the rounds of all the talk shows yesterday.

in the round

1. ) performed on a stage surrounded by an audience

2. ) designed to stand alone and able to be looked at from all sides:

sculpture in the round

a round of applause

a period of time when an audience reacts by CLAPPING their hands:

I want you all to give her a big round of applause.

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round 3 [ raund ] verb transitive **

1. ) to go around something:

The van had just rounded the corner when it was hit by a truck.

As they rounded the bend, the house came into view.

2. ) to make something round or curved:

You have to round your lips to blow into the flute.

,round `down phrasal verb intransitive or transitive

to reduce a number to the nearest whole number, or the nearest number ending in zero:

The total came to $10.04, but she rounded it down to $10.

,round `off phrasal verb transitive

1. ) to end something in a satisfactory way:

round off with: They rounded off their six-game series with a stunning victory yesterday.

round something off by doing something: Mr. Orme rounded off the evening by buying everyone a drink.

2. ) to make an angle or surface curved and smooth:

Use a sharp knife to round off the edges.

3. ) to change a number to the nearest whole number, or the nearest number ending in zero:

Well that comes to 169, so let's round it off to 170.

,round `out phrasal verb transitive

to make something more complete, especially by adding another feature:

Bodine and Rogers rounded out the list of top finishers.

,round `up phrasal verb transitive

1. ) to find and arrest people:

Dozens of political activists have been rounded up for questioning.

2. ) to bring animals or people together in one place for a particular purpose:

I used to help round up the cows at milking time.

Officials also were having trouble rounding up truck drivers to make the deliveries.

3. ) to increase a number to the nearest whole number, or the nearest number ending in zero

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round 4 [ raund ] BRITISH see AROUND