round

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English

Alternative forms

• around
• ron (Bermuda)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹaʊnd/
• Rhymes: -aʊnd

Etymology 1

From Middle English round, rounde, from Old Northern French roünt, rund, Old French ront, runt, reont ( > French rond), from both Late Latin retundus and the original Latin rotundus. The noun developed partly from the adjective and partly from the corresponding French noun rond. Doublet of rotund.

Adjective

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

1. (physical) Of shape:
   1. Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.
   2. Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.

   3. Loosely or approximately circular.
   4. Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves.

   5. Plump.

2. Complete, whole, not lacking.
3. (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.

4. (phonetics) Pronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded.
5. Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing words.
6. Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.
7. (obsolete) Consistent; fair; just; applied to conduct.
8. Large in magnitude.
9. (authorship, of a fictional character) Well-written and well-characterized; complex and reminiscent of a real person.

   Antonym: flat

10. (architecture) Vaulted.
11. Returning to its starting point.

Synonyms

• (circular): circular, cylindrical, discoid
• (spherical): spherical
• (of corners that lack sharp angles): rounded
• (plump): plump, rotund
• (not lacking): complete, entire, whole
• (of a number): rounded
• (pronounced with the lips drawn together): rounded

Derived terms

Related terms

• Acton Round

Translations

Noun

round (plural rounds)

1. A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
2. A circular or repetitious route.
3. A general outburst from a group of people at an event.

5. (countable, music) A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
7. A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
8. A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
   • 2009 May 26, Patrick Condon, "Boy with cancer, mom return home", Associated Press, printed in Austin American-Statesman, page A4:

     Daniel underwent one round of chemotherapy in February but stopped after that single treatment, citing religious beliefs.

9. (UK) One slice of bread.

10. One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).
11. (art) A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
12. 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.
14. (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.
16. A stage, level, set of events in a game
    1. (sports) A stage in a competition.

    2. (sports) In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
    3. (video games) A stage or level of a game.
    4. (card games) The play after each deal.
17. (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.
18. A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.

19. (butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine; a round of beef.
20. (dated) A rung, as of a ladder.
21. A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.
22. A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution.
23. A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.
24. A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.

    Synonym: routine
25. A circular dance.
26. Rotation, as in office; succession.
27. A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
28. An assembly; a group; a circle.

29. A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
30. (archaic) A vessel filled, as for drinking.
31. (nautical) A round-top.

Synonyms

• (song with each subset starting at a different time): canon
• (hindquarters of a bovine): rump

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “rounded inside edge”): fillet

Hyponyms

• (song with each subset starting at a different time): catch

Derived terms

Translations

Preposition

round

1. (rare in US) Alternative form of around
2. (used postpositively, rare in US) Alternative form of around

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

round (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of around

Derived terms

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Verb

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

1. (transitive) To shape something into a curve.
2. (intransitive) To become shaped into a curve.
3. (with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out; see also round out.
4. (transitive, intransitive) To approximate (a number, especially a decimal number) by the closest whole number, or some other close number, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.; see also round down, round up.

5. (transitive) To turn past a boundary.

6. (intransitive) To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).

7. (transitive, baseball) To advance to home plate.

8. (transitive) To go round, pass, go past.
9. To encircle; to encompass.

   Synonym: surround
10. To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
11. (medicine, colloquial) To do ward rounds.
12. (obsolete, intransitive) To go round, as a guard; to make the rounds.
13. (obsolete, intransitive) To go or turn round; to wheel about.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• 'round

Etymology 2

From Middle English rounen, from Old English rūnian (“to whisper, talk low, talk secrets, consipre, talk secretly”), from Proto-Germanic *rūnōną (“to talk secrets, whisper, decide”), *raunijaną (“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

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.
   • c. 1617, David Calderwood (quoted as saying to King James VI)

     The Bishop of Glasgow rounding in his ear, "Ye are not a wise man," […] he rounded likewise to the bishop, and said, "Wherefore brought ye me here?"

Etymology 3

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 raunen (“to whisper, say secretly”), Swedish rön (“findings, observations, experience”).

Noun

round (plural rounds)

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

References

• “round”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Duron

Chinese

Alternative forms

• 冷 (laang1)

Etymology

From English round.

Pronunciation

• (younger speakers of Hong Kong Cantonese) IPA^(key): /ɹaːu̯n⁵⁵/, /ɹaːu̯ŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

round

1. (Cantonese) walk; stroll (a returning one) (Classifier: 個／个 c)

   打round [Cantonese]  ―  daa² laang¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to take a walk around

2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) round (serving of something) (Classifier: 個／个 c)

   呢個round，我嘅！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   呢个round，我嘅！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   ni¹ go³ waang¹, ngo⁵ ge³! [Jyutping]

   I'll be paying for drinks in this round!

3. (Hong Kong Cantonese) round; turn (Classifier: 個／个 c)

   • 真真折墮　我揸架十四座　兜多個冷　佢都未曾滿座 [Cantonese, trad.]
     真真折堕　我揸架十四座　兜多个冷　佢都未曾满座 [Cantonese, simp.]

     zan¹ zan¹ zit³ do⁶, ngo⁵ zaa¹ gaa³ sap⁶ sei³ zo⁶, dau¹ do¹ go³ laang¹, keoi⁵ dou¹ mei⁶ cang⁴ mun⁵ zo⁶ [Jyutping]

     I'm so stupid driving a 14-seat minibus. Even if I drive one more round, it still isn't full.

Classifier

round

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Classifier for events that occurs in rounds or turns.

See also

• 搞round

References

• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English round.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.und/

Noun

round m (plural rounds)

1. (sports, chiefly boxing) round

   Synonym: tour

Further reading

• “round”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English round.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrawnd/
• Rhymes: -awnd

Noun

round m (invariable)

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

• rond, rounde, roun, rount
• roende, rown, rowne, rownd, rowndde, rownde, rowunde (Late Middle English)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French reont, from Late Latin retundus, from Latin rotundus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruːnd/

Adjective

round (plural and weak singular rounde, comparative roundere)

1. Rounded, curvy; lacking angles:
   1. Spherical, round; shaped like a ball.
   2. Circular; shaped like a ring.
   3. rotund, plump (positively or negatively)
2. Nice, good, perfect.
3. Cylinder-shaped; tubular.
4. (of strikes) Mighty, powerful.
5. (of clothing) Loose-fitting.

Descendants

• English: round
• Geordie English: roond
• Scots: round, roond

References

• “rǒund(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Adverb

round

1. Circularly; in a circular motion or path.
2. Around, enclosing; as to surround or enclose.
3. Fully, completely, totally.
4. Loudly, strongly, powerfully.
5. (rare) Expeditiously, rapidly.

Descendants

• English: round
• Geordie English: roond
• Scots: round, roond

References

• “rǒund(e, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Noun

round (plural roundes)

1. A round (circular or spherical object or part)
2. A circular course or route.
3. (rare) A bar of wood; a small log.
4. (poetry, rare) A rondeau (short poem)
5. (fencing, rare) A sweeping or swinging strike.

Descendants

• English: round
• Geordie English: roond
• Scots: round, roond
• Yola: rent

References

• “rǒund(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English round.

Pronunciation

Noun

round m (plural rounds)

1. (martial arts) round (segment of a fight)

   Synonym: assalto

2. (figurative) a stage of a dispute, confrontation or other difficult endeavour

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English round.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraund/ [ˈrãũn̪d̪]
• Rhymes: -aund

Noun

round m (plural rounds)

1. (martial arts) round

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.