Meaning of Roundup | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An activity in which cattle are herded together in order to be inspected, counted, branded or shipped.
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2. A city, the county seat of Musselshell County, Montana, United States, which served as a place for cattle roundups.
3. The similar police activity of gathering together suspects.
4. The forcible gathering together of any particular group of people.
5. The summary to a news bulletin.
6. An upward curvature or convexity, as in the deck of a vessel.
7. The finishing of an arrangement.

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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.\”

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