round

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Also spelled rahnd

US /ˈraʊnd/ UK /ˈɹaʊ̯nd/ See IPA manual

Freq #784

Meanings

1

noun
One stage or part of a competition, game, or series of events.

She was knocked out in the first round of the tournament.
2

noun
A set of drinks bought for everyone in a group.

It's my turn to buy the next round.
3

noun
A burst of something done by many people together, such as applause.

The speech got a loud round of applause.
4

noun
A regular series of visits or activities done in a set order.

The nurse began her morning rounds of the ward.
5

adj
Expressed as a whole number, without small fractions.

Let's use round numbers and say it costs a hundred dollars.

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6

verb
to change a number to a nearby convenient value

We round each price to the nearest dollar.

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Multiword verbs with round

round off Phrasal verb A2

to express a number approximately by reducing its precision

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2 noun · a set of drinks bought for... round of drinks

Opposites

fillet

Word family

Forms roundedrounderroundestroundingroundlyroundnessrounds

Derived forms all-roundall-year-roundcounterroundcutroundenroundgiddy-go-roundgo-roundhalf-roundhowlroundmerry-go-roundmidroundmultiround

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round the clock
continuously, throughout all twenty-four hours of the day
get one's head (a)round
to manage to understand something difficult or surprising
go round in circles
To repeat the same discussion or actions without reaching a solution or making progress.
bridge round
short-term financing that keeps a company afloat until a larger funding round closes
down round
a funding round in which a company raises money at a lower valuation than the previous round
round robin
an arrangement in which everyone takes a turn or competes against everyone else; or a letter sent to many people

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Etymology

From Middle English rounen, from Old English rūnian (“to whisper, talk low, talk secrets, consipre, talk secretly”), from Proto-Germanic *rūnōną (“to talk secrets, whisper, decide”), *raunijaną (“to investigate, examine, prove”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)rewə-, *(e)rwō- (“to trace, find out, look out”). Cognate with Scots roun (“to converse with in whispers, speak privately”), Middle Low German rūnen (“to whisper”), Middle Dutch ruinen (“to whisper”), German raunen (“to whisper, murmur”), Old English rūn (“whisper, secret, mystery”), Swedish röna (“to meet with, experience”). More at rune.

rounen Middle English rūnian Old English *rūnōną Proto-Germanic *(e)rewə- Proto-Indo-European

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# round

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, adj, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈraʊnd/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɹaʊ̯nd/
**Frequency rank:** 784

## Meanings
1. One stage or part of a competition, game, or series of events.
2. A set of drinks bought for everyone in a group.
3. A burst of something done by many people together, such as applause.
4. A regular series of visits or activities done in a set order.
5. Expressed as a whole number, without small fractions.
6. to change a number to a nearby convenient value

## Examples
- She was knocked out in the first round of the tournament.
- It's my turn to buy the next round.
- The speech got a loud round of applause.
- The nurse began her morning rounds of the ward.
- Let's use round numbers and say it costs a hundred dollars.
- We round each price to the nearest dollar.

## Antonyms
- fillet

## Derived Forms
- all-round
- all-year-round
- counterround
- cutround
- enround
- giddy-go-round
- go-round
- half-round
- howlround
- merry-go-round
- midround
- multiround

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: rounen
- Root: rūnian
- Root: *rūnōną
- Root: *(e)rewə-

## Etymology
From Middle English rounen, from Old English rūnian (“to whisper, talk low, talk secrets, consipre, talk secretly”), from Proto-Germanic *rūnōną (“to talk secrets, whisper, decide”), *raunijaną (“to investigate, examine, prove”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)rewə-, *(e)rwō- (“to trace, find out, look out”). Cognate with Scots roun (“to converse with in whispers, speak privately”), Middle Low German rūnen (“to whisper”), Middle Dutch ruinen (“to whisper”), German raunen (“to whisper, murmur”), Old English rūn (“whisper, secret, mystery”), Swedish röna (“to meet with, experience”). More at rune.

## AI Etymology
Round comes from Middle English rounen, from Old English rūnian (“to whisper, talk low, talk secrets, consipre, talk secretly”), from Proto-Germanic *rūnōną (“to talk secrets, whisper, decide”), *raunijaną (“to investigate, examine, prove”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)rewə-, *(e)rwō- (“to trace, find out, look out”). Cognate with Scots roun (“to converse with in whispers, speak privately”), Middle Low German rūnen (“to whisper”), Middle Dutch ruinen (“to whisper”), German raunen (“to whisper, murmur”), Old English rūn (“whisper, secret, mystery”), Swedish röna (“to meet with, experience”). More at rune. Modern senses include one stage or part of a competition, game, or series of events. and a set of drinks bought for everyone in a group.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as all-round, all-year-round, counterround, cutround, enround, and giddy-go-round.

## Topics
- Sports & Fitness

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