Meaning of Roundup | Babel Free
Definitions
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An activity in which cattle are herded together in order to be inspected, counted, branded or shipped. US
- A city, the county seat of Musselshell County, Montana, United States, which served as a place for cattle roundups.
- The similar police activity of gathering together suspects.
- The forcible gathering together of any particular group of people.
- The summary to a news bulletin.
- An upward curvature or convexity, as in the deck of a vessel.
- The finishing of an arrangement.
Equivalents
Examples
“Vichy's antisemitism as codified in the National Revolution was well established, and the first massive roundup of foreign Jews had taken place⟳ the previous fall⟳.”
“The BBC is to launch⟳ its first "vodcasts"—the video version of podcasts—with a weekly roundup from shows including the Ten O'Clock News, Newsnight and Question⟳ Time.\”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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