Round

What it means

1. (adverb) So as to form a circle or trace a circular path, or approximation thereof. “High above, vultures circled around.”
2. (adverb) So as to surround or be near. “Everybody please gather around.”
3. (adverb) Nearly; approximately; about. “An adult elephant weighs around five tons.”
4. (adverb) From place to place. “Look around and see what you find.”
5. (adverb) From one state or condition to an opposite or very different one; with a metaphorical change in direction; bringing about awareness or agreement. “He used to stay up late but his new girlfriend changed that around.”
6. (adverb) (with turn, spin etc.) So as to partially or completely rotate; so as to face in the opposite direction. “She spun around a few times.”
7. (adverb) Used with verbs to indicate repeated or continuous action, or in numerous locations or with numerous people. “I asked around, and no-one really liked it.”
8. (adverb) Used with certain verbs to suggest unproductive activity.
9. (preposition) Defining a circle or closed curve containing a thing. “I planted a row of lilies around the statue.”
10. (preposition) (of abstract things) Centred upon; surrounding. “There has been a lot of controversy around the handling of personal information.”
11. (preposition) Following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point. “She went around the track fifty times.”
12. (preposition) 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 went straight on.”

Letter analysis

• Round contains 5 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 3 consonant(s).
• It uses 5 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 1.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 6.

Sub-words

• dour
• undo
• don
• dun
• duo
• nod
• nor
• our
• rod
• run
• urn

Related words

Other 5-letter words

• abaci
• aback
• abaft
• abase
• abash
• abate
• abbey
• abbot
• abeam
• abets
• abhor
• abide
• abler
• abode
• abort
• about
• above
• abuse

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Words starting with ROU

• rouge
• rouged
• rouges
• rough
• roughage
• roughed
• roughen
• roughened
• roughening
• roughens
• rougher
• roughest
• roughhouse
• roughhoused
• roughhouses
• roughhousing
• roughing
• roughly

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Words ending with UND

• abound
• aground
• around
• astound
• background
• battleground
• bloodhound
• bound
• campground
• compound
• confound
• crowdfund
• cummerbund
• dachshund
• dumbfound
• dumfound
• eastbound
• expound

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