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- 1 Present in the vicinity. informal, not-comparable, predicative
"Is Clare around today?"
- 2 Alive; existing. informal, not-comparable, predicative
"The record store on Main Street? Yes, it's still around."
- 1 So as to form a circle or trace a circular path, or approximation thereof. not-comparable
"High above, vultures circled around."
- 2 So as to surround or be near. not-comparable
"Everybody please gather around."
- 3 Nearly; approximately; about. not-comparable
"Around a thousand people attended."
- 4 From place to place. not-comparable
"There are rumors going around that the company is bankrupt."
- 5 From one state or condition to an opposite or very different one; with a metaphorical change in direction; bringing about awareness or agreement. not-comparable
"The team wasn't doing well, but the new coach really turned things around."
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- 6 So as to partially or completely rotate; so as to face in the opposite direction. not-comparable, usually
"Turn around at the end of this street."
- 7 Used with verbs to indicate repeated or continuous action, or in numerous locations or with numerous people. not-comparable
"I asked around, and no-one really liked it."
- 8 Used with certain verbs to suggest unproductive activity. not-comparable
"sit around, mess around, loaf around"
- 1 (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct wordnet
- 2 in circumference wordnet
- 3 in the area or vicinity wordnet
- 4 from beginning to end; throughout wordnet
- 5 by a circular or circuitous route wordnet
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- 6 in a circle or circular motion wordnet
- 7 all around or on all sides wordnet
- 8 to a particular destination either specified or understood wordnet
- 9 in or to a reversed position or direction wordnet
- 10 used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction wordnet
- 1 Forming a circle or closed curve containing (something).
"She wore a gold chain around her neck."
- 2 Centred upon; surrounding; regarding.
"We could use some clarification around the new rules."
- 3 Following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point.
"We walked around the football field."
- 4 Following a path which curves near an object, with the object on the inside of the curve.
"The road took a brief detour around the large rock formation, then went straight on."
- 5 Near; in the vicinity of.
"I left my keys somewhere around here."
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- 6 At or to various places within or throughout.
"The pages from the notebook were scattered around the room."
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”)).
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”)).
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”)).
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