around
adverb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adverb
in the area or vicinity
a few spectators standing about
Sense 2 adverb
by a circular or circuitous route
He came all the way around the base
Sense 3 adverb
used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
wandering about with no place to go
Sense 4 adverb
in a circle or circular motion
The wheels are spinning around
Sense 5 adverb
(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
lasted approximately an hour
Sense 6 adverb
in or to a reversed position or direction
about face
Sense 7 adverb
to a particular destination either specified or understood
she came around to see me
Sense 8 adverb
all around or on all sides
dirty clothes lying around (or about)
Sense 9 adverb
in circumference
the trunk is ten feet around
Sense 10 adverb
from beginning to end; throughout
It rains all year round on Skye
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