around

[A*round·]

Use the adverb around to describe something that's on every side of you. When you're on a boat far out at sea, with no land in sight, there's water all around you.

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In a circle; circularly; on every side; round.

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(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he''s about 30 years old"; "I''ve had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundre

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in circumference; "the trunk is ten feet around"; "the pond is two miles around"

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in the area or vicinity; "a few spectators standing about"; "hanging around"; "waited around for the next flight"

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from beginning to end; throughout; "It rains all year round on Skye"; "frigid weather the year around"

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by a circular or circuitous route; "He came all the way around the base"; "the road goes around the pond"

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in a circle or circular motion; "The wheels are spinning around"

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all around or on all sides; "dirty clothes lying around (or about)"; "let''s look about for help"; "There were trees growing all around"; "she looked around her"

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to a particular destination either specified or understood; "she came around to see me"; "I invited them around for supper"

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in or to a reversed position or direction; "about face"; "brought the ship about"; "suddenly she turned around"

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to or among many different places or in no particular direction; "wandering about with no place to go"; "people were rushing about"; "news gets around (or about)"; "traveled around in Asia"; "he needs advice from someone who''s been around"; "she sleeps a


adv.
In a circle; circularly; on every side; round.

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In a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town.

adv.
Near; in the neighborhood; as, this man was standing around when the fight took place.

prep.
On all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make the circuit of; about.

prep.
From one part to another of; at random through; about; on another side of; as, to travel around the country; a house standing around the corner.


Around

A*round" , adv. [Pref. a- + round.] 1. In a circle; circularly; on every side; round. 2. In a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town. 3. Near; in the neighborhood; as, this man was standing around when the fight took place. [Colloq. U. S.] &hand; See Round, the shorter form, adv. & prep., which, in some of the meanings, is more commonly used.

Around

A*round", prep. 1. On all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make the circuit of; about.
A lambent flame arose, which gently spread Around his brows.
2. From one part to another of; at random through; about; on another side of; as, to travel around the country; a house standing around the corner. [Colloq. U. S.]

In a circle; circularly; on every side; round.

On all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make the circuit of; about.

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Usage Examples

A movie like House of the Dead with around $7 million budget or Alone in the Dark with around $16 million budget are much easier to make profit than the typical $50 million major motion picture.

A strategy is something like, an innovative new product globalization, taking your products around the world be the low-cost producer. A strategy is something you can touch you can motivate people with be number one and number two in every business. You can energize people around the message.

A friend of mine has a big farm in the desert, and she picks up feathers and roadkill for me, then makes it into clothes. I think it's cool to wear roadkill. If I died and somebody wanted to wear my teeth around their neck to VMAs, I'd feel honored.

'Allen Gregory' came about because we wanted an animated show and we were just tossing around some ideas about me playing a 7-year-old. We thought that would be cool, because we couldn't do that in real life.

A spirit is, like, your mother, my dad, who've made it. They can come around, but they come around in a loving way because they've already made it to God. Most people make it.

A large part of my life revolves around my dad. Sometimes, I even feel a strong sense of connection, something very tangible when I learn something new in the martial arts.

A person should design the way he makes a living around how he wishes to make a life.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

About half my work in education is U.S. political reform around school districts and charter schools, and creating more room for entrepreneurial organizations to develop. And about half on technology, which I look at as a global platform.

A woman's life can really be a succession of lives, each revolving around some emotionally compelling situation or challenge, and each marked off by some intense experience.

A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.

9/11 was a deliberate, carefully planned evil act of the long-waged war on the West by Koran-inspired soldiers of Allah around the world. They hated us before George W. Bush was in office. They hated us before Israel existed. And the avengers of the religion of perpetual outrage will keep hating us.

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

A lot of the players are not involved with any NHL team, so to play and travel around with the Oldtimers' it's a kind of gift that the players really appreciate.

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.

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