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round

If mathx/math is round mathy/math, mathy/math is in the middle and mathx/math is on all sides. Everyone stood round the fire to keep warm. If you turn or look round, you are now facing the opposite direction. She turned round to see what had made the noise. You round up numbers in math You round 28 up to 30.

round

Something is round if it's like a circle or like part of a circle. It is curved, not straight.

round

(= circular) having a circular shape a charge of ammunition for a single shot (= around) from beginning to end; throughout It rains all year round on Skye frigid weather the year around wind around; move along a circular course round the bend (= cycle) an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs the never-ending cycle of the seasons make round round the edges the usual activities in your day the doctor made his rounds (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order) the doctor goes on his rounds first thing every morning the postman's rounds we enjoyed our round of the local bars (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand in round numbers (= round of golf) the activity of playing 18 holes of golf a round of golf takes about 4 hours (= beat) a regular route for a sentry or policeman in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name (= orotund, rotund, pear-shaped) (of sounds) full and rich orotund tones the rotund and reverberating phrase pear-shaped vowels pronounce with rounded lips the course along which communications spread the story is going the rounds in Washington (= flesh out) become round, plump, or shapely The young woman is fleshing out an outburst of applause there was a round of applause a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic) he ordered a second round a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time they enjoyed singing rounds (= rung) a crosspiece between the legs of a chair (= circle) any circular or rotating mechanism the machine punched out metal circles (= polish) bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state polish your social manners (= attack) attack in speech or writing The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker (= turn) (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive (= round off) express as a round number round off the amount

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Simple sentences

Round trip? Only one-way.
He showed me round the park.
That morning Mary went round the whole village.
Tom will show you round the assembly shop.
Her eyes become round in surprise.
Round the corner came a large truck.
There is a bookstore just 'round the corner.
Okinawa has a fine climate all year round.
Did you buy a round trip ticket?
Round trip or one-way?
Mont Blanc is covered with snow all the year round.
The man in charge of the merry-go-round decided to make sure everything was working properly.
There's enough food to go round.
They filled them with straw to make them round and hard.
Balls are round.
Hawaii enjoys good weather the year round.
A passenger fainted, but the stewardess brought him round.
Love makes the world go round.
How about another round?
It was a big upset when Hingis was eliminated in the first round.
The tree is green all year round.

Movie subtitles

The Portuguese had the brilliant idea that if they could find an alternative route, all the way around the coast of Africa, round the Cape of Good Hope and into the Indian Ocean. then this business could be theirs.
You want to have one round of fight against me?
Please give him a round of applause.
I told you he'd come 'round.
Let's go pick out the first round of dresses.
I drove round for an hour trying to find that phantom corpse.
I'd say it's time to round up our suspects and have a little chat.
I've just been trying to sing The Lord's My Shepherd and all I could think of was reversing round a side bend.
Naughty monkey's got the cord looped round its neck.
And we'll have women running in round the side for contraception then strolling through the middle corridor for their clinic appointments without anyone booking them in.
So, Sister Winifred, the booking-in list, Nurse Dyer, the postnatal round, Nurse Gilbert, district nursing for you this week.
And then he lifted me up onto the most beautiful horse on the carousel, and he stood and he waved and watched as I went round.
In other words, we had a whip-round.
A quick round in the Black Sail, one for the road in the Hand and Shears, and then off to Walthamstow dogs, stag party done and dusted.
Go round the other side.
He is round the corner, at the Christine.
Round up that Palermo gang.
Who won that round?
Your mother won that round.
It isn't every day they get to see a famous round-the-world flyer.
They figure they know me pretty well. and don't think I'd go for a merry-go-round.
Do you think I'm giving you a merry-go-round?
Gather round, boys.
They ought to have a rope round here or something.
Little Denny is an angel now with a harp and a big, round, rosy halo.
Hey, Little Boy, you go round the back, up on the balcony.
You can't get round me like that.
I'll be comin' round the mountain with a banjo on my knee.
We will definitely pass to the second round.
There'll be no problem till the second round.
Who are we competing against in the first round?
Last year they were also eliminated in the first round.
Jas, come on. Let's go pick out the first round of dresses.
The second preliminary on tomorrow night's card is a four-round bop between Slug McNut and Jerry Moore.
His second fight was with Cocky Wexler. He dropped to his back in the second round and again claimed a foul but the referee counted him out.
Next he was matched up against Dopey Dwyer Again he dropped to his back in the first round but was saved by the bell at the count of eight.
He failed to come back for the second round claiming he had been doped.

News and current affairs

Netanyahu was in the United States for yet another round of Middle East peace talks.
Finally, a new trade pact - possibly, but not necessarily, within the Doha Round - is needed to ensure the major trading powers' access to foreign markets.
While the US Federal Reserve Board's first round of quantitative easing was effective in ending a wrenching crisis, the second round has done little to sustain meaningful recovery in the labor market and the real economy.
If Bush or his successor wants to ensure that the next round of talks fails, that will be easy enough.
This year's Cup, unlike the previous one in Japan and South Korea in 2002, didn't witness any real upsets in the first round.
Switzerland and Australia surprisingly reached the elimination round, and the Asian and African teams disappointed somewhat, with only Ghana advancing.
Germany urgently needs this kind of optimism, because, unfortunately, two universal principles will continue to apply in the future: first, the winter will return, and, second, the ball is round and the next game is always the most difficult.
When the voters decide in the spring of 2007, their choice may depend more on negative than positive considerations, as it did in 2002, when Chirac faced the odious nationalist Jean-Marie Le Pen in the second round.
The occasion for this latest round of historical jousting is the release of Clooney's new film The Monuments Men, which details Allied efforts to rescue art works from the Nazis during World War II.
In many countries, this is leading to a new round of austerity - policies that will almost surely lead to weaker national and global economies and a marked slowdown in the pace of recovery.
The Doha Round of global trade talks remains stalled, and Obama delayed the three bilateral free-trade agreements that awaited approval when he came into office.
The US is largely responsible for the failure of the Doha Round of global trade talks.
And yet, each time, gun owners scream that freedom will be eliminated if they are unable to buy assault weapons and 100-round clips.
True, low interest rates, together with a second round of quantitative easing, are causing considerable global distortions, as funds flow into fast-growing emerging markets, fueling inflationary pressure and asset bubbles.
Obama's regrettable retreat from support for the Doha Round is the result of many factors and fallacies.
What we need today is for the world's leading statesmen to stop pussyfooting and to unite in nudging Obama towards a successful conclusion of the Doha Round.
At home, political infighting underlies the two greatest risks: failure to reach a deal to raise the debt ceiling and an additional round of fiscal contraction that stymies economic growth.
Instead of feeling the pinch of wartime privations, like in any ordinary country, American consumers are binging as if it were Christmas all year round.
TEL AVIV - No one really believed that the latest round of international negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program would produce a breakthrough.
Firms will need to show visible restraint when it comes to this year's bonus round.
Even Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was probably more than a little surprised by Rowhani's first-round victory, following a campaign that began with eight candidates.
This might be a way round the majority voting dilemma, since it would allow groups of member states to cooperate together in particular areas, without waiting for the unanimous agreement of all partners.
Deflation increased real interest rates and curbed economic activity, thereby setting off another round of deflation, and so on.
Although they might not agree with either of these two apocalyptic predictions, many of Europe's leaders are coming round to the view that there is a need for change, and that the Greek case has revealed a flaw at the center of the project.
In the last round of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks eight years ago, it was clear that a deal with Syria would automatically pave the way to a settlement with Lebanon, and an end to Hezbollah's threat to Israel's northern border.
And many policymakers around the world have reaffirmed their commitment to completing a successful Doha trade round and refraining from raising new barriers to trade and investment.

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