ROUND

ROUND 1 syllable

A2 · Elementary 📏 5 letters 🎲 Scrabble 6 ✅ valid word

Common in conversation and basic reading.

noun
  1. a charge of ammunition for a single shot
  2. an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
  3. a regular route for a sentry or policeman
  4. (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order)

💬 Examples

  • "the never-ending cycle of the seasons"
  • "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"
  • "the doctor goes on his rounds first thing every morning"
  • "the postman's rounds"

🔗 Similar words

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verb
  1. wind around
  2. make round
  3. pronounce with rounded lips
  4. attack in speech or writing

💬 Examples

  • "move along a circular course"
  • "round the bend"
  • "round the edges"
  • "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"

🔗 Similar words

round_outround_offlabializelabialiseattackassail
adjective
  1. having the shape or form of a circle
  2. (of sounds) full and rich
  3. (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand

💬 Examples

  • "orotund tones"
  • "the rotund and reverberating phrase"
  • "in round numbers"

🔗 Similar words

circularorotundrotundpear-shaped
adverb
  1. from beginning to end

💬 Examples

  • "throughout"
  • "It rains all year round on Skye"

🔗 Similar words

around
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