Dictionary

roundup en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Deverbal from round up.

Meanings

1. (US) An activity in which cattle are herded together in order to be inspected, counted, branded or shipped.
2. The similar police activity of gathering together suspects.
3. The forcible gathering together of any particular group of people.
   • Vichy's antisemitism as codified in the National Revolution was well established, and the first massive roundup of foreign Jews had taken place the previous fall. 2009, Shannon L. Fogg, The Politics of Everyday Life in Vichy France, page 111:
4. The summary to a news bulletin.
   • The BBC is to launch its first "vodcasts"—the video version of podcasts—with a weekly roundup from shows including the Ten O'Clock News, Newsnight and Question Time.\ 2006 July 27, Mark Sweney, “BBC to launch news 'vodcasts'”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 Apr 2025:
5. An upward curvature or convexity, as in the deck of a vessel.
6. The finishing of an arrangement.

Forms

Deriveds

final roundup · last roundup

Synonyms

muster