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uh-ROWND/əˈraʊnd/

Think of a circle: people sit around a table, and a scarf goes around your neck. The same word can mean “about” with numbers: around ten o'clock. Round is close in British English for the circle meaning, but around ten is the time pattern to learn first.

Meaning

On all sides of something, or approximately.

Examples

• “They sat around the table.”
• “There are trees around the house.”
• “The film starts around eight.”

Good to know

around + place (on all sides). around + number = about.

Near in meaning

about

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