ROUND — ТЛУМАЧЕННЯ
round
The usual activities in your day.
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- The doctor made his rounds.
The activity of playing 18 holes of golf.
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- A round of golf takes about 4 hours.
(often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order).
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- The doctor goes on his rounds first thing every morning.
- The postman's rounds.
- We enjoyed our round of the local bars.
Any circular or rotating mechanism.
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- The machine punched out metal circles.
A charge of ammunition for a single shot.
A crosspiece between the legs of a chair.
An outburst of applause.
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- There was a round of applause.
A partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time.
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- They enjoyed singing rounds.
A cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg.
A serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic).
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- He ordered a second round.
A regular route for a sentry or policeman.
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- In the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name.
The course along which communications spread.
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- The story is going the rounds in Washington.
(sports) a period of play during which one team is on the offensive.
An interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs.
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- The neverending cycle of the seasons.
Become round, plump, or shapely.
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- The young woman is fleshing out.
Make round.
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- Round the edges.
Express as a round number.
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- Round off the amount.
Bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state.
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- Polish your social manners.
Attack in speech or writing.
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- The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker.
Pronounce with rounded lips.
Wind around; move along a circular course.
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- Round the bend.
Be around.
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- Developments surround the town.
- The river encircles the village.
(of numbers) to the nearest ten, hundred, or thousand.
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- In round numbers.
(of sounds) full and rich.
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- Orotund tones.
- The rotund and reverberating phrase.
- Pear-shaped vowels.
Having a circular shape.
From beginning to end; throughout.
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- It rains all year round on Skye.
- Frigid weather the year around.
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