Meaning of in the round | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Not attached to a background.
2. Having a stage completely surrounded by an audience.
3. Done with circular needles, so as to create tubes of fabric.
4. In full detail; from all angles.
   figuratively

Examples

“Noah's ark with animals in the round”

“Not so the sculpture in the round: it stands in ordinary space with the other bodies, a body like⟳ them. We must hold⟳ fast to this outcome; it will allow⟳ us to explain⟳ the true essence of sculpture, the designation we confer on sculpture in the round alone. Painting and relief create⟳ their own⟳ space.”

“There is another sense⟳ in which we can say⟳ that theatre begins in the round. Teachers in schools frequently observe⟳ that the dramatic play⟳ of children and their early attempts at theatre frequently take⟳ a natural in-the-round shape⟳.”

“By staging national identity “in the round,” Arena opens up multifaceted perspectives of who comprises the nation and under what circumstances. Finchandler observed: “Since it has no back, front or sides, the arena becomes a highly democratic form⟳ for the audience, […].””

“Down in the arena, though, it was business as semi-normal with the band members making their traditional promenade through the crowd to a small in-the-round stage⟳ with a colourful player piano taking up most of the room.”

“Loosely cast⟳ on 90 stitches. Place⟳ stitch marker and join⟳ to work⟳ in the round, being careful not to twist⟳ the cast-on stitches.”

“The government responds to such news with its usual ludicrous evasions: “I don’t deny⟳ there are costs to a decision like⟳ Brexit,” said Jeremy Hunt in November, “but there are also opportunities, and you have⟳ to see⟳ it in the round.””

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