From Middle English round, rounde, from Old Northern French roünt, rund, Old French ront, runt, reont ( > French rond), from both Late Latin retundus and the original Latin rotundus. The noun developed partly from the adjective and partly from the corresponding French noun rond. Doublet of rotund.
Meanings
(physical) Of shape: ▸ Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.
We sat at a round table to make conversation easier.
The flowers glowed red and golden: snapdragons and sunflowers, and nasturtians^([sic]) trailing all over the turf walls and peeping in at the round windows. 1954 July 29, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel] Tolkien, “A Long-Expected Party”, in The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings, London: George Allen & Unwin, →OCLC:
(physical) Of shape: ▸ Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.
The ancient Egyptian demonstrated that the Earth is round, not flat.
(physical) Of shape: ▸ Loosely or approximately circular.
If I close my eyes I can see Marie today as I saw her then. Round, rosy face, snub nose, dark hair piled up in a chignon. 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 2, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN:
a round belly
a round face
(physical) Of shape: ▸ Plump.
He was tall and thin but his wife was short and round.
Complete, whole, not lacking.
Round was their pace at first, but slackened soon: / A stranger meeting them had surely thought, / They rode so slowly and they look'd so pale, / That each had suffer'd some exceeding wrong. 1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Enid”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 47:
The baker sold us a round dozen.
(of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
One hundred is a nice round number.
Pronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded.
"Supposing somebody sees you, with all those flowers too? Supposing somebody writes him a letter? Ooooh!" (a pure round open Tamil O.) 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 421:
Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing words.
Sir Toby, I muſt be round with you. c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], page 261, column 2:
the round assertion 1867, Matthew Arnold, On the Study of Celtic Literature:
Well, she must be plain with him, round with him, while she must not betray her child. 1925, Stanley John Weyman, “XXXVI Home”, in Queen's Folly:
a round oath
a round answer
Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.
In his satires Horace is quick, round, and[…]pleasant. 1622, Henry Peacham, The Compleat Gentleman:
(obsolete) Consistent; fair; just; applied to conduct.
Round dealing is the honour of man's nature. 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Truth”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
Large in magnitude.
By raising turkeys the farmers were able the more surely to pay their rents. Young girls often acquired a very sufficient dowry, and towns-folk who wished to eat them had to pay round prices for them. 1854, Brillat-Savarin, The Physiology of Taste: Or, Transcendental Gastronomy, page 108:
I have a good banker in this city, but I would not wish to draw upon the house until the time when I shall draw for a round sum. 1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC:
(of a fictional character) Well-written and well-characterized; complex and reminiscent of a real person.
sv avrundad (of corners that lack sharp angles) · gl redondeado (of a number that has been rounded off) · sv rundad (of corners that lack sharp angles) · dsb kulaty (spherical) · de rund (complete, not lacking) · pt labializado (pronounced with the mouth in the shape of an "O") · el στρογγυλός (circular or cylindrical) · fa گرد (spherical) · sdh خِڕ (circular or cylindrical) · hy կլոր (circular or cylindrical) · sc tundhu (circular or cylindrical) · nl dik (plump) · sl okrogel (circular or cylindrical) · uz yumaloq (circular or cylindrical) · bg кръ́гъл (circular or cylindrical) · de rund (of a number that has been rounded off) · fi pyöreä (of corners that lack sharp angles) · ar مُسْتَدِير (circular or cylindrical) · srn lontu (circular or cylindrical) · ga cruinn (circular or cylindrical) · hu telt (plump) · tr yuvarlak (spherical) · mi kōtakataka (spherical) · fi pyöreä (spherical) · ar كُرَوِيّ (spherical) · cv ҫавра (circular or cylindrical) · ccc na'tepelejka (circular or cylindrical) · ba йомро (spherical) · pt redondo (complete, not lacking) · cmn 圓 /圆 (circular or cylindrical) · nl rond (circular or cylindrical) · yi קײַלעכדיק (circular or cylindrical) · ang sinewealt (spherical) · ka წრიული (circular or cylindrical) · bg заоблен (of corners that lack sharp angles) · ltg opols (circular or cylindrical) · hu kerekített (pronounced with the mouth in the shape of an "O") · pl okrągły (of a number that has been rounded off) · ka დამრგვალებული (of a number that has been rounded off) · nl afgerond (of corners that lack sharp angles) · fr rond (of a number that has been rounded off) · ky тегерек (circular or cylindrical) · ru по́лный (plump) · pl okrągły (circular or cylindrical) · be кру́глы (circular or cylindrical) · scn tunnu (circular or cylindrical) · kaw buntĕr (circular or cylindrical) · zza werte (diq) (circular or cylindrical) · gd cruinn (of corners that lack sharp angles) · fr ronde (plump) · hu árnyalt (complete, not lacking) · tr tam (complete, not lacking) · la globōsus (spherical) · ps ګرد (spherical) · ang sinewealt (circular or cylindrical) · hi वृत्ताकार (spherical) · unm tùkwe (circular or cylindrical) · cs kulatý (circular or cylindrical) · sco roond (spherical) · ps غونډ (spherical) · fi pyöreä (pronounced with the mouth in the shape of an "O") · mk округол (circular or cylindrical) · hu jól kidolgozott (complete, not lacking) · vi tròn (circular or cylindrical) · pt rotundo (spherical) · sk okrúhly (circular or cylindrical) · sv mullig (plump) · de rund (spherical) · as ধেপেচা (plump) · gd cruinn (circular or cylindrical) · sl okrogel (spherical) · pt arredondado (of a number that has been rounded off) · fr rond (circular or cylindrical) · nl afgerond (of a number that has been rounded off) · nrf rond (plump) · sah төгүрүк (circular or cylindrical) · zza klorek (spherical) · izh pööriä (circular or cylindrical) · cs kulatý (of a number that has been rounded off) · hu kör alakú (circular or cylindrical) · lt apvalus (circular or cylindrical) · fro reont (circular or cylindrical) · id bundar (circular or cylindrical) · nap rotunno (circular or cylindrical) · unm tùkwchèsu (circular or cylindrical) · mi pōtakataka (spherical) · hu eleven (complete, not lacking) · lt užapvalintas (of corners that lack sharp angles) · dsb kulaty (of a number that has been rounded off) · pt redondo (circular or cylindrical) · tyv борбак (circular or cylindrical) · hu dundi (plump) · sl okrogel (plump) · ar مُدَوَّر (circular or cylindrical) · dsb kulaty (of corners that lack sharp angles) · fi pyöreä (complete, not lacking) · tr tam (of a number that has been rounded off) · hu színes (complete, not lacking) · fro reont (spherical) · mi kōpuku (spherical) · as গোল (plump) · zza heme (diq) (complete, not lacking) · jv bunder (spherical) · ce горга (spherical) · es redondo (circular or cylindrical) · yai гирд (circular or cylindrical) · de mollig (plump) · fa مدور (circular or cylindrical) · uk кру́глий (circular or cylindrical) · eo ronda (circular or cylindrical) · hy կլոր (spherical) · la rotundus (circular or cylindrical) · pdt runt (circular or cylindrical) · hu kerekített (of a number that has been rounded off) · la rotundus (complete, not lacking) · kmr giloverr (circular or cylindrical) · odt sinowalt (circular or cylindrical) · fi pullea (plump) · hu életteli (complete, not lacking) · nl mollig (plump) · da rund (circular or cylindrical) · sv allsidig (complete, not lacking) · hu legömbölyített (of corners that lack sharp angles) · hi गोलाकार (spherical) · es redondeada (of a number that has been rounded off) · as ঘূৰণীয়া (spherical) · hu ajakkerekítéses (pronounced with the mouth in the shape of an "O") · pdt runt (spherical) · zza klor (circular or cylindrical) · nl rond (plump) · hu gömbölyű (spherical) · hu többdimenziós (complete, not lacking) · cmn 圓 /圆) (complete, not lacking) · nv názbąs (circular or cylindrical) · sco roond (plump) · tr yumuşak (of corners that lack sharp angles) · pt rechonchudo (plump) · mi porokawa (spherical) · yue 圓 /圆 (circular or cylindrical) · fr rond (plump) · it tondo (circular or cylindrical) · kaw buntĕr (spherical) · gd crom (of corners that lack sharp angles) · cmn 圓唇 /圆唇 (pronounced with the mouth in the shape of an "O") · hu lekerekített (of corners that lack sharp angles) · kea rudondu (circular or cylindrical) · izh ympyrkäin (circular or cylindrical) · ota یومرو (spherical) · es redondo (of corners that lack sharp angles) · ba түңәрәк (circular or cylindrical) · oc redond (circular or cylindrical) · gl arredondado (of a number that has been rounded off) · ckb خِڕ (circular or cylindrical) · pl okrągły (complete, not lacking) · hu életszerű (complete, not lacking) · br krenn (circular or cylindrical) · as গোল (spherical) · ota طوپاق (spherical) · my ဝိုင်း (circular or cylindrical) · es esférico (spherical) · ca rodó (circular or cylindrical) · ru окру́глый (circular or cylindrical) · gl redondeada (of a number that has been rounded off) · sa मण्डल (circular or cylindrical) · hu telt idomú (plump) · ja 丸い (circular or cylindrical) · roa-tar rotunne (circular or cylindrical) · sv rund (circular or cylindrical) · tr küresel (spherical) · az yumru (circular or cylindrical) · es redondeado (of a number that has been rounded off) · jv bunder (circular or cylindrical) · id bulat (spherical) · rm radund (circular or cylindrical) · mk кружен (circular or cylindrical) · nl rond (of a number that has been rounded off) · cmn 圓 /圆 (of corners that lack sharp angles) · ba йоморо (spherical) · ru закруглённый (of corners that lack sharp angles) · fi pyöreä (circular or cylindrical) · tyv борбак (spherical) · gl redondo (spherical) · de abgerundet (of corners that lack sharp angles) · grc εὔκυκλος (circular or cylindrical) · gd cruinn (complete, not lacking) · fi pyöristetty (of corners that lack sharp angles) · fr arrondi (pronounced with the mouth in the shape of an "O") · zea rond (circular or cylindrical) · fr rond (spherical) · pt redondo (spherical) · av гургинаб (circular or cylindrical) · ru кру́глый (of a number that has been rounded off) · tg гирд (circular or cylindrical) · de rund (circular or cylindrical) · pt arredondado (of corners that lack sharp angles) · ko 둥글다 (circular or cylindrical) · lt apvalus (spherical) · gd cruinn (spherical) · de gerundet (pronounced with the mouth in the shape of an "O") · ru по́лный (complete, not lacking) · tr yuvarlak (pronounced with the mouth in the shape of an "O") · cy crwn (circular or cylindrical) · ar مُسْتَدِير (spherical) · cmn 整数 (of a number that has been rounded off) · sv rund (of corners that lack sharp angles) · es redondo (complete, not lacking) · fur taront (circular or cylindrical) · su buleud (spherical) · kea rodondu (circular or cylindrical) · sq rrumbullak (spherical) · sco roond (circular or cylindrical) · lt suapvalintas (of a number that has been rounded off) · sv rund (spherical) · bcl matalimon (circular or cylindrical) · it rotondo (plump) · zza gard (circular or cylindrical) · pt esférico (spherical) · hu kerek (of a number that has been rounded off) · te గుండ్రని (circular or cylindrical) · ro rotund (circular or cylindrical) · ko 구체의 (spherical) · pl okrągły (spherical) · kk жұмыр (circular or cylindrical) · hy գնդաձև (spherical) · dsb kulaty (circular or cylindrical) · hu körkörös (circular or cylindrical) · ja 丸い (spherical) · sco roond (pronounced with the mouth in the shape of an "O") · io cirklala (circular or cylindrical) · el στρογγυλεμένος (of corners that lack sharp angles) · io cirkla (circular or cylindrical) · hu molett (plump) · csb òkrãgłi (circular or cylindrical) · bg закръглен (plump) · lv apaļš (circular or cylindrical) · ast redondu (circular or cylindrical) · my လုံး (spherical) · hu kerek (complete, not lacking) · sv avrundad (of a number that has been rounded off) · hu labiális (pronounced with the mouth in the shape of an "O") · fi pyöreä (plump) · nrf rond (circular or cylindrical) · as টুপুৰা (spherical) · fa گرد (circular or cylindrical) · sl zaobljen (of corners that lack sharp angles) · it rotondo (circular or cylindrical) · bg закръглен (of a number that has been rounded off) · no rund (spherical) · fi pyöreä (of a number that has been rounded off) · tyv тырыкы (circular or cylindrical) · hu kerek (circular or cylindrical) · pap rònt (circular or cylindrical) · bcl matalimon (spherical) · nl rond (spherical) · ps ګرد (of corners that lack sharp angles) · cs kulatý (spherical) · kk жұмыр (spherical) · mi porotaka (circular or cylindrical) · hy բոլորակ (circular or cylindrical) · ru кру́глый (spherical) · eo cirkla (circular or cylindrical) · fi pyöristetty (of a number that has been rounded off) · ru кру́глый (of corners that lack sharp angles) · ko 둥글다 (spherical) · ht ron (circular or cylindrical) · pt cilíndrico (circular or cylindrical) · it a tutto sesto (of an arch, in architecture) · sv rund (plump) · nap tunno (circular or cylindrical) · fr complet (complete, not lacking) · hu pufók (plump) · mi porokawa (circular or cylindrical) · sco roond (of corners that lack sharp angles) · gl redondo (circular or cylindrical) · sco roond (complete, not lacking) · pt roliço (plump) · he מעוגל (pronounced with the mouth in the shape of an "O") · gl arredondada (of a number that has been rounded off) · tab гергми (circular or cylindrical) · inh герга (circular or cylindrical) · kw krenn (circular or cylindrical) · hi गोलाकार (circular or cylindrical) · bg объл (spherical) · ce горга (circular or cylindrical) · cs kulatý (of corners that lack sharp angles) · nrf rond (spherical) · af rond (circular or cylindrical) · ru кру́глый (circular or cylindrical) · fi täysi (complete, not lacking) · zza nermekın (of corners that lack sharp angles) · zza dorkosme (pronounced with the mouth in the shape of an "O") · ps ګرد (circular or cylindrical) · es redondo (spherical) · bg пълен (complete, not lacking) · ps غونډ (of corners that lack sharp angles) · fi pulska (plump) · sv rund (of a number that has been rounded off) · de rund (plump) · grc στρογγύλος (circular or cylindrical) · mi tōpuku (spherical) · sco roond (of a number that has been rounded off) · pt arredondado (pronounced with the mouth in the shape of an "O") · et ümmargune (circular or cylindrical) · es circular (circular or cylindrical) · tr yuvarlak (circular or cylindrical) · no rund (circular or cylindrical) · su bunder (circular or cylindrical)
round en · ADP · etymology 1
Pronunciation
/ɹʊnd/ (Northumbria)
/ˈɹaʊ̯nd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈɹaːnd/ Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
/ɹuːnd/ (Northumbria)
/ˈɹæʊ̯nd/ Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, Australia, New Zealand, /aʊ̯/-fronting
From Middle English round, rounde, from Old Northern French roünt, rund, Old French ront, runt, reont ( > French rond), from both Late Latin retundus and the original Latin rotundus. The noun developed partly from the adjective and partly from the corresponding French noun rond. Doublet of rotund.
Meanings
(alt-of, alternative, in US, rare) Alternative form of around.
Catrin’s still squatting down on the ground, knickers round her ankles. 2010, Gary Owen, Love Steals Us from Loneliness, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, page 14:
I look round the room quickly to make sure it's neat.
The serpent Error twines round human hearts. 1782, William Cowper, The Progress of Error:
From Middle English round, rounde, from Old Northern French roünt, rund, Old French ront, runt, reont ( > French rond), from both Late Latin retundus and the original Latin rotundus. The noun developed partly from the adjective and partly from the corresponding French noun rond. Doublet of rotund.
Meanings
(alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of around.
They travelled for thirteen hours down-hill, whilst the streams broadened and the mountains shrank, and the vegetation changed, and the people ceased being ugly and drinking beer, and began instead to drink wine and to be beautiful. And the train which had picked them at sunrise out of a waste of glaciers and hotels was waltzing at sunset round the walls of Verona. 1905, E. M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread, chapter 6
The invitations were sent round accordingly. 1822, [Walter Scott], Peveril of the Peak. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:
From Middle English round, rounde, from Old Northern French roünt, rund, Old French ront, runt, reont ( > French rond), from both Late Latin retundus and the original Latin rotundus. The noun developed partly from the adjective and partly from the corresponding French noun rond. Doublet of rotund.
Meanings
A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
All at once the sun was through, a round of dulled silver, racing slantwise through the clouds yet always staying in the same place. 1955, William Golding, The Inheritors, Faber and Faber, published 2005, page 50:
in labyrinth of many a round self-rolled 1671, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:
Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. [...] She put back a truant curl from her forehead where it had sought egress to the world, and looked him full in the face now, drawing a deep breath which caused the round of her bosom to lift the lace at her throat. 1910, Emerson Hough, “A Lady in Company”, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 6:
A circular or repetitious route.
hospital rounds
The prison guards have started their nightly rounds.
Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 257:
A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
The candidate got a round of applause after every sentence or two.
(countable) A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
They brought us a round of drinks about every thirty minutes.
I said I did impersonations would you like to see
Turned around to buy her one more round 1978, “Last Summer”, in Blondes Have More Fun, performed by Rod Stewart:
There is a snaky gleam in her hard grey eye, as of anticipated rounds of buttered toast, relays of hot chops, worryings and quellings of young children, sharp snappings at poor Berry, and all the other delights of her Ogress's castle. 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, “Retribution”, in Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 594:
A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
Daniel underwent one round of chemotherapy in February but stopped after that single treatment, citing religious beliefs. 2009 May 26, Patrick Condon, "Boy with cancer, mom return home", Associated Press, printed in Austin American-Statesman, page A4
(UK) One slice of bread.
For breakfast I had two rounds of toast and a mug of tea.
One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).
A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Compare round shot and solid shot.
One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop.
And though Fightville, an MMA documentary from the directors of the fine Iraq War doc Gunner Palace, presents it more than fairly, the sight of a makeshift ring getting constructed on a Louisiana rodeo ground does little to shake the label. Nor do the shots of ringside assistants with spray bottles and rags, mopping up the blood between rounds 2002 April 19, Scott Tobias, “Fightville”, in The A.V. Club:
A stage, level, set of events in a game ▸ A stage in a competition.
qualifying rounds of the championship
A stage, level, set of events in a game ▸ In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
A stage, level, set of events in a game ▸ A stage or level of a game.
When the player uses one shell to complete a round within 50 seconds, it vanishes forever. At the end of two successful rounds, for instance, the player has only two shells to pick from during docking. 1981, Tom Hirschfeld, How to Master the Video Games, page 88:
A stage, level, set of events in a game ▸ The play after each deal.
A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.
A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.
All furniture in the nursery had rounds on the edges and in the crevices.
(qualifier:butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine; a round of beef.
(dated) A rung, as of a ladder.
The perpendicular parts of this side ladder, as is usually the case with swinging ones, were of cloth-covered rope, only the rounds were of wood, so that at every step there was a joint. 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Pulpit”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 42:
All the rounds like Jacob's ladder rise. 1687, [John Dryden], “(please specify the page number)”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.
A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution.
the round of the seasons a round of pleasures
On life's long round by chance I found
A dell impearled with dew,
Where hyacinths, gushing from the ground,
Lent to the earth heaven's native hue
Of holy blue. 1889, Mathilde Blind, “[Love in Exile. Song X.] ‘On Life’s Long Round’.”, in The Ascent of Man, London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC, stanza 1, page 177:
A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.
Women to cards may be compar'd: we play ¶ A round or two; when us'd, we throw away. c. 1732, George Granville, Women:
[…]the Feaſt was ſerv'd; the Bowl was crown'd;
To the King's Pleaſure went the mirthful Round: […] 1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Solomon on the Vanity of the World. A Poem in Three Books.”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC, book II (Pleasure), page 437:
A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
The trivial round, the common task,
Would furnish all we ought to ask; […] 1827, [John Keble], “Morning”, in The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays throughout the Year, volume I, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] [B]y W. Baxter, for J. Parker; and C[harles] and J[ohn] Rivington, […], →OCLC, page 4:
A circular dance.
Come, knit hands, and beat the ground,
In a light fantastic round. 1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC:
Rotation, as in office; succession.
A Cave[…],
Where light and darkness in perpetual round
Lodge and dislodge by turns. 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
An assembly; a group; a circle.
a round of politicians
A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
catch (song with each subset starting at a different time)
Synonyms
canon (song with each subset starting at a different time) · rump (hindquarters of a bovine) · routine
Translations (239)
bg рунд (segment of a sport event) · pt pincel redondo (circular paintbrush) · sh круг (circular object) · it ripresa (segment of a sport event) · pt cânone (song with each subset starting at a different time) · nb runde (circular or repetitious route) · pt degrau (rung of a ladder) · ja 円 (circular object) · fi kierros (golf etc: way around the course) · fi ympyrä (circular object) · nrf touônée (circular or repetitious route) · hy ռաունդ (segment of a sport event) · km ទឹក (segment of a sport event) · pt biselagem (rounded relief or cut at an edge) · fi kuuri (single individual portion or dose of medicine) · nb runde (stage of a sports competition) · pt assalto (segment of a sport event) · gl rolda (circular or repetitious route) · sv giv (card games: moment from the deal until the players are finished with the cards) · sq rendi (card games: moment from the deal until the players are finished with the cards) · uk круг (circular object) · pt lombo (hindquarters of a bovine for butchering) · bg порция (serving) · fi annos (single individual portion or dose of medicine) · pl krąg (circular object) · de Kreis (circular object) · bg доза (single individual portion or dose of medicine) · it canone (song with each subset starting at a different time) · nb runde (segment of a sport event) · bg залп (outburst) · fr coup (individual ammunition shell) · it mano (serving) · ps ګرد (circular object) · fa دور (circular object) · sq rrjedh (outburst) · be круг (circular object) · sk kruh (circular object) · ar دَوْرَة (stage of a sports competition) · sl runda (segment of a sport event) · sv omgång (stage of a sports competition) · zza çember (circular object) · tr raunt (stage of a sports competition) · vi vòng (segment of a sport event) · es mano (card games: moment from the deal until the players are finished with the cards) · mi rangi inaki (song with each subset starting at a different time) · it ciclo (single individual portion or dose of medicine) · es ronda (segment of a sport event) · pt tempo (segment of a sport event) · ar جَوْلَة (segment of a sport event) · it serie (single individual portion or dose of medicine) · bg ястие (serving) · bg кръг (circular object) · fi kierros (serving) · fi pyörösivellin (circular paintbrush) · ja 丸 (circular object) · hy համայց (circular or repetitious route) · pt rodada (segment of a sport event) · pt círculo (circular object) · zza arêbiyayış (serving) · es etapa (circular or repetitious route) · pt dose (single individual portion or dose of medicine) · gd cuairt (stage of a sports competition) · fi pyöristyslista (strip of material with a circular face) · pl koło (circular object) · it antiurto (strip of material with a circular face) · fr tour (card games: moment from the deal until the players are finished with the cards) · ka რაუნდი (stage of a sports competition) · de Sprosse (rung of a ladder) · sl runda (serving) · tr el (card games: moment from the deal until the players are finished with the cards) · ar دَائِرَة (circular object) · it girello (hindquarters of a bovine for butchering) · es ronda (serving) · hy շրջայց (circular or repetitious route) · gl rolda (serving) · es asalto (segment of a sport event) · cy rownd (circular or repetitious route) · pl kolejka (serving) · fi erä (segment of a sport event) · hu kör (stage of a sports competition) · sv rond (segment of a sport event) · sl obhod (circular or repetitious route) · fr épreuve (stage of a sports competition) · sv runda (circular or repetitious route) · fi askelma (rung of a ladder) · sv avrundning (rounded relief or cut at an edge) · pt salva (outburst) · ru круг (circular object) · bg канон (song with each subset starting at a different time) · gd cuairt (golf etc: way around the course) · sv patron (individual ammunition shell) · cs kolo (segment of a sport event) · sv golfrunda (golf etc: way around the course) · fi kierros (stage of a sports competition) · ru ра́унд (segment of a sport event) · pt rodada (card games: moment from the deal until the players are finished with the cards) · pt rodela (strip of material with a circular face) · pt rodada (stage of a sports competition) · fr rond (circular object) · mi rauna (individual ammunition shell) · it bisello (rounded relief or cut at an edge) · de Runde (circular object) · sw raundi (segment of a sport event) · it carica (individual ammunition shell) · de Runde (stage of a sports competition) · de Visite (circular or repetitious route) · cmn 回合 (stage of a sports competition) · nn runde (segment of a sport event) · fi pyöristys (rounded relief or cut at an edge) · it giro (serving) · sv omgång (segment of a sport event) · pt carga (individual ammunition shell) · ja ラウンド (segment of a sport event) · it lombo (hindquarters of a bovine for butchering) · fr canon (song with each subset starting at a different time) · pt round (segment of a sport event) · fi kierros (circular or repetitious route) · ja ラウンド (golf etc: way around the course) · pl runda (stage of a sports competition) · ota پایه (rung of a ladder) · it salva (outburst) · cs obchůzka (circular or repetitious route) · ru па́ртия (stage of a sports competition) · pl nabój (individual ammunition shell) · pt ronda (circular or repetitious route) · de Kanon (song with each subset starting at a different time) · sv runda (golf etc: way around the course) · ota باصامق (rung of a ladder) · fi patruuna (individual ammunition shell) · tr raunt (segment of a sport event) · bg обиколка (circular or repetitious route) · it smussatura (rounded relief or cut at an edge) · it piolo (rung of a ladder) · ru обхо́д (circular or repetitious route) · pt ronda (song with each subset starting at a different time) · fi paisti (hindquarters of a bovine for butchering) · it pennello a testa tonda (circular paintbrush) · nn runde (circular or repetitious route) · tr çember (circular object) · ru ра́унд (stage of a sports competition) · pt rodada (serving) · nl canon (song with each subset starting at a different time) · nn runde (stage of a sports competition) · pl okrąg (circular object) · sh krug (circular object) · bg патрон (individual ammunition shell) · sv kanon (song with each subset starting at a different time) · sv runda (stage of a sports competition) · cmn 圓 /圆 (circular object) · it esplosione (outburst) · ru ра́унд (golf etc: way around the course) · it cerchio (circular object) · sv runda (serving) · pt bisel (rounded relief or cut at an edge) · fi kaanon (song with each subset starting at a different time) · ru тайм (stage of a sports competition) · fr tournée (serving) · la palasea (hindquarters of a bovine for butchering) · ga urchar (individual ammunition shell) · dsb koło (circular object) · pl kanon (song with each subset starting at a different time) · pt etapa (circular or repetitious route) · es encuentro (segment of a sport event) · nl ronde (segment of a sport event) · fi ammus (individual ammunition shell) · tr kurşun (individual ammunition shell) · fi pyöristys (strip of material with a circular face) · it tappa (circular or repetitious route) · it tondo (circular object) · bg окръжност (circular object) · pl pocisk (individual ammunition shell) · sv runda (outburst) · uk ко́ло (circular object) · ru игра́ (stage of a sports competition) · de Runde (serving) · ru вы́стрел (individual ammunition shell) · ka რაუნდი (segment of a sport event) · fr tour (stage of a sports competition) · ca volta (golf etc: way around the course) · de Runde (segment of a sport event) · zza klor (circular object) · it salva (individual ammunition shell) · tr mermi (individual ammunition shell) · fi annos (serving) · it imbottitura (strip of material with a circular face) · fi erä (stage of a sports competition) · de Runde (circular or repetitious route) · bg стъпало (rung of a ladder) · fr round (segment of a sport event) · sl krog (circular object) · bg обход (circular or repetitious route) · hu forduló (stage of a sports competition) · ca ronda (serving) · ru кон (stage of a sports competition) · pt círculo (strip of material with a circular face) · fi aplodit (outburst) · ps غونډ (circular object) · it scoppio (outburst) · fa دایره (circular object) · sq rrumbullak (circular object) · bg раздаване (card games: moment from the deal until the players are finished with the cards) · bg етап (segment of a sport event) · id ronde (segment of a sport event) · cy rownd (serving) · it circolo (circular object) · pl runda (segment of a sport event) · fr éclat (outburst) · it scroscio (outburst) · pl runda (circular object) · ar مَرْحَلَة (segment of a sport event) · ckb جەم (serving) · cs kánon (song with each subset starting at a different time) · bg закръгляне (rounded relief or cut at an edge) · fr étape (circular or repetitious route) · pt chanfro (rounded relief or cut at an edge) · ckb خڕ (circular object) · tr tur (stage of a sports competition) · es raun (segment of a sport event) · fr tour (golf etc: way around the course) · mk круг (circular object) · sv omgång (serving) · nl ronde (outburst) · bg кръг (segment of a sport event) · cmn 发 (individual ammunition shell) · id babak (segment of a sport event) · sv varv (circular or repetitious route) · pl obchód (circular or repetitious route) · pt chanfradura (rounded relief or cut at an edge) · cs runda (serving) · fr reprise (circular object) · ru патро́н (individual ammunition shell) · nb skudd (individual ammunition shell) · yue 發 /发 (individual ammunition shell) · cmn 回合 (segment of a sport event) · tr sokum (hindquarters of a bovine for butchering) · bg етап (stage of a sports competition) · pt round (golf etc: way around the course) · it giro (circular or repetitious route) · fr ronde (circular or repetitious route)
round en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
/ɹʊnd/ (Northumbria)
/ˈɹaʊ̯nd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈɹaːnd/ Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
/ɹuːnd/ (Northumbria)
/ˈɹæʊ̯nd/ Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, Australia, New Zealand, /aʊ̯/-fronting
From Middle English round, rounde, from Old Northern French roünt, rund, Old French ront, runt, reont ( > French rond), from both Late Latin retundus and the original Latin rotundus. The noun developed partly from the adjective and partly from the corresponding French noun rond. Doublet of rotund.
Meanings
(transitive) To shape something into a curve.
The carpenter rounded the edges of the table.
The figures on our modern medals are raiſed and rounded to a very great perfection. a. 1720 (date written), [Joseph Addison], “Dialogue III. A Parallel between the Ancient and Modern Medals.”, in Dialogues upon the Usefulness of Ancient Medals. […], [London]: [s.n.], published 1726, →OCLC, page 165:
Worms with many feet, which round themselves into balls, are bred chiefly under logs of timber. 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
(intransitive) To become shaped into a curve.
The girl's figure, he perceived, was admirably proportioned; she was evidently at the period when the angles of childhood were rounding into the promising curves of adolescence. 1900, Charles W[addell] Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC:
(with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out; see also round out.
She rounded out her education with only a single mathematics class.
We are such stuff
As dreams are made on, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
(intransitive, transitive) To approximate (a number, especially a decimal number) by the closest whole number, or some other close number, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.; see also round down, round up.
95.9 rounds to 96.
The exact amount was $101.65, but we rounded it to $100.
(transitive) To turn past a boundary.
Helen watched him until he rounded the corner.
(intransitive) To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
As a group of policemen went past him, one of them rounded on him, grabbing him by the arm.
(transitive) To advance to home plate.
And the runners round the bases on the double by Jones.
(transitive) To go round, pass, go past.
Diouf rounded Zaluska near the byeline and crossed but Daniel Majstorovic headed away and Celtic eventually mopped up the danger. 2011 March 2, Andy Campbell, “Celtic 1 - 0 Rangers”, in BBC:
To encircle; to encompass.
The inclusive verge
Of golden metal that must round my brow. c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
So rounds he to a separate mind
From whence clear memory may begin,
As thro’ the frame that binds him in
His isolation grows defined. 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XLIV”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 67:
The queen your mother rounds apace. c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
(colloquial) To do ward rounds.
(intransitive, obsolete) To go round, as a guard; to make the rounds.
They […] nightly rounding walk. 1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
(intransitive, obsolete) To go or turn round; to wheel about.
ru округли́ть (to approximate a number) · pt findar (to complete, fill out) · pt finalizar (to complete, fill out) · it riempire (to complete, fill out) · sv runda av (to complete, fill out) · sv vända (to turn and attack someone) · gl arredondar (to approximate a number) · hy կլորել (to shape into a curve) · cs zahnout (to turn past a boundary) · pt acabar (to complete, fill out) · sv runda (to turn past a boundary) · pt arredondar (to shape into a curve) · sv runda (to shape into a curve) · pt rodar (to go round, pass, go past) · pl zaokrąglić (to approximate a number) · hu megkerül (to turn past a boundary) · fi suorittaa (to complete, fill out) · hu lekerekít (to shape into a curve) · fi kääntyä jonkin ympäri (to turn past a boundary) · fi pyöristyä (to become shaped into a curve) · fi kiertää (to go round, pass, go past) · fi saattaa päätökseen (to complete, fill out) · sl zaobliti (to shape into a curve) · pl zaokrąglać (to approximate a number) · hu kerekít (to approximate a number) · ru скругли́ть (to shape into a curve) · cs zakončit (to complete, fill out) · sv avrunda (to approximate a number) · pt terminar (to complete, fill out) · fi pyöristyä (to approximate a number) · cmn 四捨五入 /四舍五入 (to approximate a number) · gl montar (to turn past a boundary) · sl zaokrožiti (to approximate a number) · gl redondear (to approximate a number) · sco roond (to turn past a boundary) · pt virar-se contra (to turn and attack someone) · cs zaokrouhlit (to approximate a number) · pt virar (to turn past a boundary) · sco roond (to complete, fill out) · pt concluir (to complete, fill out) · sco roond (to turn and attack someone) · cmn 取整 (to approximate a number) · gd cruinnich (to shape into a curve) · fi kiertää (baseball: to advance to home plate) · de runden (to approximate a number) · it completare (to complete, fill out) · ru скругля́ть (to shape into a curve) · fi pyöristää (to shape into a curve) · hu befordul (to turn past a boundary) · io rondigar (to shape into a curve) · cs vrhnout se (to turn and attack someone) · cs zaokrouhlit (to shape into a curve) · fi pyöristää (to approximate a number) · bg завършвам (to complete, fill out) · ru округля́ть (to approximate a number) · bg закръглям (to shape into a curve) · fi koukata (to turn and attack someone) · sco roond (to shape into a curve) · mi tāwhe (to turn past a boundary) · fr arrondir (to approximate a number) · ka ამრგვალებს (to approximate a number) · hy կլորացնել (to shape into a curve) · ru округли́ть (to shape into a curve) · ru огиба́ть (to turn past a boundary) · ru обогну́ть (to turn past a boundary) · bg закръглям (to approximate a number) · bg закръглям се (to become shaped into a curve) · pt arredondar (to become shaped into a curve) · ru округля́ть (to shape into a curve) · pt arredondar (to approximate a number) · pt dobrar (to turn past a boundary) · sco roond (to approximate a number) · mi whakaawhiwhi (to approximate a number)
round en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
/ɹʊnd/ (Northumbria)
/ˈɹaʊ̯nd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈɹaːnd/ Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
/ɹuːnd/ (Northumbria)
/ˈɹæʊ̯nd/ Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, Australia, New Zealand, /aʊ̯/-fronting
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.
Meanings
(Northern-England, Scotland, archaic, dialectal) A whisper; whispering.
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.
Meanings
(Northern-England, Scotland, archaic, dialectal, intransitive) To speak in a low tone; whisper; speak secretly; take counsel.
(Northern-England, Scotland, archaic, dialectal, transitive) To address or speak to in a whisper, utter in a whisper.
The Bishop of Glasgow rounding in his ear, "Ye are not a wise man," […] he rounded likewise to the bishop, and said, "Wherefore brought ye me here?" c. 1617, David Calderwood (quoted as saying to King James VI)
rounded in the ear c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
Tiberius the emperor […] perceiving a fellow round a dead corse in the ear, would needs know wherefore he did so […] 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], chapter I, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 2, section 4, member IV: