Meaning of around | Babel Free

Definitions

1. around (at various places in)
2. Forming a circle or closed curve containing (something).
3. around, approximately
4. Centred upon; surrounding; regarding.
5. Following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point.
6. Following a path which curves near an object, with the object on the inside of the curve.
7. Near; in the vicinity of.
8. At or to various places within or throughout.

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Examples

“She wore a gold chain around her neck.”

“I planted a row of lilies around the statue.”

“The jackals began to gather around the carcass.”

“Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy⟳ a meal around a campfire, had to collect⟳ wood and then spend⟳ time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn⟳ grist into meal.”

“We could use⟳ some clarification around the new rules.”

“There has been a lot of controversy around the handling of personal information.”

“The use⟳ of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence⟳ on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate⟳ around whether we should allow⟳ ourselves to become⟳ so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use⟳.”

“We walked around the football field.”

“She went around the track fifty times.”

“The road took a brief detour around the large rock formation, then went straight on.”

“I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort⟳ of path that, I cal'lated, might lead⟳ to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend⟳ around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like⟳ a lawn.”

“But Richmond[…]appeared to lose⟳ himself in his own⟳ reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw⟳, peeping around the massive silver epergne that almost obscured him from her view⟳, that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either.”

“I left my keys somewhere around here.”

“I left the house around 10 this morning.”

“I don't want⟳ you around me.”

“The pages from the notebook were scattered around the room.”

“Those teenagers like⟳ to hang⟳ around the mall.”

“She went around the office and got everyone to sign⟳ the card.”

“The estate agent showed me around the property.”

“Men that I knew around Wapatomac didn't wear⟳ high, shiny plug⟳ hats, nor yeller spring⟳ overcoats, nor carry⟳ canes with ivory heads as big as a catboat's anchor, as you might say⟳.”

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