around
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
around/əˈraʊnd/
▶adverb
- 1 located or situated on every side.
- 2 so as to face in the opposite direction.
- 3 in or to many places throughout a locality.
- 4 here and there.
- 5 available or present.
- 6 approximately.
- 1 on every side of.
- 2 in or to many places throughout (a locality).
- 3 so as to encircle or embrace.
■ following an approximately circular route.
usage: On the difference in use between round and around, see usage at round.
'around' also found in these Oxford entries:
accolade
- A-frame
- air
- all-around
- alligator snapper
- ambiguous
- ambition
- amphi-
- annular eclipse
- anticyclone
- architrave
- Arctic
- areola
- armband
- arse
- aureole
- autorotation
- axial
- back
- backgammon
- bag lady
- ba gua
- bandeau
- bandy
- barb
- barnstorm
- bat
- Beaune
- belaying pin
- bell
- bend
- bikini line
- Bikram yoga
- black eye
- blindfold
- bluestocking
- boa
- board game
- bolection
- border
- boss
- bourrée
- brim
- bring
- bugger
- bum
- bungee jumping
- callus
- calyx
