round

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand

   in round numbers

2. 2
   adj

   when a sound is full and rich

   I find that vinyl records tend to make a much rounder sound than MP3's.

3. 3
   noun

   the usual activities in your day

   The doctor made the rounds.

4. 4
   noun

   the activity of playing 18 holes of golf

   a round of golf takes about 4 hours

5. 5
   noun

   often plural; a series of professional calls, usually in a set order

   The doctor goes on their rounds first thing every morning.

6. 6
   noun

   an outburst of applause

   there was a round of applause

7. 7
   noun

   a serving to each of a group, which is usually alcoholic

   They ordered a second round.

8. 8
   noun

   the course along which communications spread

   the story is going the rounds in Washington

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.