Around Meaning and Definition

Word: Around

How to pronounce: əˈraʊnd

Adverb

Definitions:

1. Located or situated on every side.

Example sentences: "The mountains towering all around"

2. So as to rotate and face in the opposite direction.

Example sentences: "Jack seized her by the shoulders and turned her around"

3. In or to many places throughout a locality.

Example sentences: "Word got around that he was on the verge of retirement"

4. Randomly or unsystematically; here and there.

Example sentences: "One of them was glancing nervously around"

5. In existence, in the vicinity, or in active use.

Example sentences: "There was no one around"

6. Approximately; about.

Example sentences: "Software costs would be around $1,500"

Preposition

Definitions:

1. On every side of.

Example sentences: "The palazzo is built around a courtyard"

2. In or to many places throughout (a community or locality)

Example sentences: "Cycling around the village"

3. So as to pass (a place or object) in a curved or approximately circular route.

Example sentences: "He walked around the airfield"

4. So as to encircle or embrace (someone or something)

Example sentences: "He put his arm around her"

Synonyms:

approximately

roughly

just about

near

about

beside

everywhere

passim

all over

round about

round

over

nearly

some

circa

approx

or so

like

throughout

nearby

much

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Around in Other Languages...

Spanish: Alrededor

German: Um

French: Autour

Italian: Intorno

Turkish: Etrafta