round
//ˈɹaʊ̯nd//
Forms
- Comparative
- more round
- Superlative
- most round
- Plural
- rounds
Definitions
1.Of shape:
- Our child's bed has round corners for safety.
- We sat at a round table to make conversation easier.
- He was tall and thin but his wife was short and round.
2.Complete, whole, not lacking.
- The baker sold us a round dozen.
- Round was their pace at first, but slackened soon: / A stranger meeting them had surely thought, / They rode so slowly and they look'd so pale, / That each had suffer'd some exceeding wrong.
3.Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
- One hundred is a nice round number.
4.Pronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded.
1.A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
- All at once the sun was through, a round of dulled silver, racing slantwise through the clouds yet always staying in the same place.
2.A circular or repetitious route.
- The prison guards have started their nightly rounds.
3.A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
- The candidate got a round of applause after every sentence or two.
4.A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2365
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English round, rounde, from Old Northern French roünt, rund, Old French ront, runt, reont ( > French rond), from both Late Latin retundus and the original Latin rotundus.
The noun developed partly from the adjective and partly from the corresponding French noun rond.