round off

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to express a number approximately by reducing its precision

   Phrasal verb · Separable

   round off something / round something off / round something off to something

   Usage: The number or measurement is the object. Put a pronoun before off: round it off. Precision follows to: to the nearest metre.

   For the estimate, round off each measurement to the nearest whole centimetre.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   For the estimate, round off each measurement to the nearest whole centimetre.

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