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Meaning of round | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2 Common
ˈɹaʊnd

Definitions

  1. rounding function
  2. A surname
  3. A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
  4. A whisper; whispering.
    Northern-England, Scotland, archaic, dialectal
  5. round (circular, cylindrical, or spherical)
  6. A surname.
  7. Of shape: Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction
  8. A circular or repetitious route.
  9. Discourse; song.
    Northern-England, Scotland, archaic, dialectal
  10. To turn on and assail.
  11. round (of a number, without fractions)
  12. Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction
  13. A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
  14. To whisper.
  15. complete, successful, profitable
  16. Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction
  17. A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
    countable
  18. in the round, a. (of a theater) having a stage completely surrounded by seats for the audience.
  19. Loosely or approximately circular
  20. One of several periods of boxing during a bout.
  21. A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
  22. To bring together:assemble, call, cluster, collect, congregate, convene, convoke, gather, get together, group, muster, summon.
  23. A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
  24. to go round. The car rounded the corner. ry om, gaan om يَدورُ حَوْلَ обикалям contornar zahnout (za) herumfahren um dreje om; runde παίρνω στροφή girar, virar ringi minema چرخیدن؛ دور زدن kiertää tourner לַעֲבוֹר מִסָבִיב ל- गोल बनाना obilaziti körüljár, befordul memutari fara/beygja fyrir girare ひと回りする 한 바퀴 돌다 apsukti apiet; apbraukt berpusing omheengaan runde, dreieokrążyć څرخیدل، دور وهل contornar a se întoarce (la) огибать zahnúť (za) zaviti okoli zaći runda เคลื่อนไปรอบ ๆ etrafını dolaş...
  25. One slice of bread.
    UK
  26. curved; like part of the line forming a circle. a rounded arch. gerond مُدَوَّر изкривен arredondado kulatý, oblý rund buet καμπυλωτός redondeado, curvado kumer گرد شده pyöreä arrondiמעוגל okrugao, zaokružen kerek melengkung bogadreginn arrotondato 曲がった 둥글게 된 lenktas liekts; lokveida; apaļīgs yang bulat gerond rundet, buet zaokrąglony ګرد شوی arredondado rotunjit закруглённый guľatý, oblý zaobljen okrugao rundad, välvd ซึ่งมีรูปร่างกลม yuvarlak, toparlak 圓弧形的 закруглений گول یا گول بنا ہوا tr...
  27. One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).
  28. plainly; rudely. He rebuked her roundly. onbeskof بِوُضوح، بِوَقاحَه грубо severamente přímo; hrubě rundweg grundigt ορθά κοφτά rotundamente karmilt صریحا sumeilematta rondementלחלוטין साफ-साफ चक्कर लगाना, अच्छी तरह से, पूर्ण रूप से otvoreno, odlučno kereken, nyíltan dengan kasar afdráttarlaust, ruddalega severamente きびしく 둥글게 griežtai, smarkiai pamatīgi; krietni dengan kasar botwegmed reine ord, uten å legge fingrene imellom bez ogródek, równo په بشپړه توګه severamente de la obraz напрямик; р...
  29. A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
  30. rondheid إسْتِدارَه، كُرَوِيَّه грубо redondez zakulacenost, oblost die Rundheit rundhed στρογγυλότητα redondez ümarus گردی؛ مدور pyöreys rondeur עֲגַלגַלוּת स्पष्टता, सरलता, बखूबी, पूर्णता, पूर्णरूप otvorenost, odlučnost kerek(ded)ség; őszinteség kebulatan hnöttótt/kúpt lögun rotondità 丸さ 둥금 apvalumas apaļums; apaļīgums kebulatan rondheidrundhet kulistość مدور، ګرد redondez rotunjime округлость guľatosť; oblosť okroglost okruglost rundhet ความกลม yuvarlaklık 圓,真圓度 закругленість گولاءی sự trò...
  31. 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.
  32. a doctor's visits to his patients. The doctor is (out) on his rounds. rondtes, besoeke زيارَة أو جَوْلَة الطَّبيب على المَرْضى посещения rondas návštěvy die Runde sygebesøg γύρα επισκέψεων (πληθ.) visitas visiit ساعت کار kierros visiteסבב गश्त, फेरी posjeta, vizita a körzetét látogatja perjalanan keliling eftirlitsferð, sjúkraheimsóknir (giro di visite) 回診 회진 vizitacija (ārsta) vizītes; apgaita lawatan ronde (syke)visitt/-besøk wizyty domowe, obchód د کار وخت یا ساعت giro vizite обход návštev...
  33. 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.
  34. A stage, level, set of events in a game
  35. A stage in a competition.
  36. In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
  37. A stage or level of a game.
  38. The play after each deal.
  39. A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.
  40. A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.
  41. The hindquarters of a bovine; a round of beef.
  42. A rung, as of a ladder.
    dated
  43. A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.
  44. A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution.
  45. A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.
  46. A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
  47. A circular dance.
  48. Rotation, as in office; succession.
  49. A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
  50. An assembly; a group; a circle.
  51. A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
  52. A vessel filled, as for drinking.
    archaic
  53. A round-top.

Equivalents

Afrikaans rond
Azərbaycanca yumru
Беларуская круг круглы
Català rodo ronda volta
Cymraeg crwn rownd
Dansk rund
Esperanto cirkla ronda
فارسی دایره دور گرد مدور
Gaeilge cruinn
Gàidhlig crom cuairt
עברית מעוגל
Bahasa Indonesia babak bulat bundar ronde
日本語 ラウンド 丸い
Қазақша жұмыр
ខ្មែរ ទឹក
한국어 구체의 둥글다
Кыргызча тегерек
Lietuvių apvalus
Latviešu apaļš
Te Reo Māori porotaka
Македонски круг кружен округол
မြန်မာဘာသာ လုံး ဝိုင်
Nederlands afgerond canon dik mollig rond ronde
پښتو غونډ ګرد
Română Rotund
Slovenčina okrúhly
Slovenščina krog okrogel
Kiswahili raundi
తెలుగు గుండ్రని
Тоҷикӣ гирд
Українська коло круг круглий
Tiếng Việt trớn vòng

Examples

“in labyrinth of many a round self-rolled”
“Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. [...] She put back a truant curl from her forehead where it had sought egress to the world, and looked him full in the face now, drawing a deep breath which caused the round of her bosom to lift the lace at her throat.”
“All at once the sun was through, a round of dulled silver, racing slantwise through the clouds yet always staying in the same place.”
“hospital rounds”
“The prison guards have started their nightly rounds.”
“Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells.”
“The candidate got a round of applause after every sentence or two.”
“They brought us a round of drinks about every thirty minutes.”
“There is a snaky gleam in her hard grey eye, as of anticipated rounds of buttered toast, relays of hot chops, worryings and quellings of young children, sharp snappings at poor Berry, and all the other delights of her Ogress's castle.”
“I said I did impersonations would you like to see Turned around to buy her one more round”
“Daniel underwent one round of chemotherapy in February but stopped after that single treatment, citing religious beliefs.”
“For breakfast I had two rounds of toast and a mug of tea.”
“And though Fightville, an MMA documentary from the directors of the fine Iraq War doc Gunner Palace, presents it more than fairly, the sight of a makeshift ring getting constructed on a Louisiana rodeo ground does little to shake the label. Nor do the shots of ringside assistants with spray bottles and rags, mopping up the blood between rounds”
“qualifying rounds of the championship”
“When the player uses one shell to complete a round within 50 seconds, it vanishes forever. At the end of two successful rounds, for instance, the player has only two shells to pick from during docking.”
“All furniture in the nursery had rounds on the edges and in the crevices.”
“All the rounds like Jacob's ladder rise.”
“The perpendicular parts of this side ladder, as is usually the case with swinging ones, were of cloth-covered rope, only the rounds were of wood, so that at every step there was a joint.”
“the round of the seasons    a round of pleasures”
“On life's long round by chance I found A dell impearled with dew, Where hyacinths, gushing from the ground, Lent to the earth heaven's native hue Of holy blue.”
“Women to cards may be compar'd: we play ¶ A round or two; when us'd, we throw away.”
“[…]the Feaſt was ſerv'd; the Bowl was crown'd; To the King's Pleaſure went the mirthful Round: […]”
“The trivial round, the common task, Would furnish all we ought to ask; […]”
“Come, knit hands, and beat the ground, In a light fantastic round.”

Comus

“A Cave[…], Where light and darkness in perpetual round Lodge and dislodge by turns.”
“a round of politicians”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
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