Round

Round [ˈrau̇nd]
Adjective
Similar to: About, Around, Across, Through, Throughout
== Origin ==
#Latin: Rotondus (Rotund)
#French: Roúnd-’ (Old French)
#Then: Round (Middle English)
== Meanings ==
#Having every part of the surface or circumference equidistant from the center.
##Cylindrical
##Approximately round.
#Well filled out.
##Approximately correct.
##Exact only to a specific decimal or place.
##Substantial in amount.
#Moving in or forming a circle.
##Presented with lifelike fullness or vividness.
##Having full or unimpeded resonance or tone.
#Around
##Something that is round.
##A knot of people.
##A circle of things.
#A musical canon in which each part begins on the same note and is continuously repeated.
##A rung of a ladder or a chair.
##A rounded molding.
##A circling or circuitous path or course.
##Motion in a circle or a curving path.
##A route or circuit habitually covered.
##A series of similar or customary calls or stops.
== Examples ==
#The daily round.
#A round peg.
#A round face.
#A round dozen.
#A round ton.
#A round blow.
#They were always together, fighting to cure paralysis. An endless round of fundraisers, Congressional testimony.
#You see, in election time local politicians, aspirants for office, have a way of making the rounds of the saloons to get votes.
#.. no one ... was surprised to see him making the TV news rounds within hours of his announced termination ...
#... if laboratory test results are not available to physicians when they make their routine morning rounds, they may have to delay patient management, repeat their rounds at a later time, and perhaps prolong their patient's hospital stays.
#The Roomba's various models, as well as models from competitor brands like Shark, Bissell, and Eufy, are tremendously useful, round vacuums that do the dirty work for you.
#In a rematch of their divisional round playoff game last season, the Packers once again beat the Rams, this time, 36-28.
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