Around

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /əˈɹaʊnd/, SAMPA: /@"raUnd/
• (US) IPA: /əˈɹæwnd/

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• Rhymes: -aʊnd
• Hyphenation: a‧round

Preposition

Around

1. Defining a circle or closed curve containing a thing.

   I planted a row of lillies around the statue.

   The jackals began to gather around [someone or something].

2. Following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point.

   We walked around the football field.

   She went around the track fifty times.

3. Following a path which curves near an object, with the object on the inside of the curve

   The road took a brief detour around the large rock formation, then continued straight.

4. (of distance, time) Near; in the vicinity of.

   I left my keys somewhere around here.

   I left the house around 10 this morning.

   There isn't another house here for miles around.

   I'll see you around [the neighbourhood, etc.].

5. At various places in.

Derived terms

Derived terms

all around aroundness around the clock around the bend around the corner around the world bat around beat around the bush get around

go around hang around have been around ring-around-the-rosy round run around/run-around/runaround turn around/turnaround wrap around/wraparound

Adjective

Around (not comparable)

1. (informal, with the verb "to be") Alive; existing.

Derived terms

• be around

Adverb

Around (not comparable)

1. Generally.
2. From place to place, or from one place to another
3. (with turn, spin, etc.) Partially or completely rotated, including to face in the opposite direction.

Derived terms

generally

boss around fool around fuck around goof around horse around lie around lounge around mess around monkey around play around shop around sleep around

from place to place

kick around look around mill around move around pass around push around walk around

Thesaurus

about; again; alive; all about; all over; all round; all through; almost; along toward; anticlockwise; any which way; anyhow; anywise; approximately; at close quarters; at hand; at random; back; backward; by; by way of; circa; clockwise; close; close about; close at hand; close by; close upon; counterclockwise; encircling; enclosing; encompassing; enveloping; every which way; everywhence; everywhere; everywhither; existent; existing; far and wide; fast by; from every quarter; haphazard; haphazardly; hard; hard by; head over heels; heels over head; helter-skelter; here and there; hereabout; hereabouts; in a circle; in a spin; in a whirl; in all directions; in circles; in every quarter; in reverse; in spitting distance; in the neighborhood; in the vicinity; just about; living; near; near at hand; near enough to; near upon; nearabout; nearabouts; nearby; nearly; nigh; nigh about; not far; on all sides; on every side; only a step; over; passing by; passing through; random; randomly; roughly; round; round about; round and round; somewhere about; surrounding; thereabout; thereabouts; through; throughout; upwards of; via; widdershins; within call; within earshot; within hearing; within reach