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Meaning of around
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
around
adv 1: in the area or vicinity; "a few spectators standing
about"; "hanging around"; "waited around for the next
flight" [syn: {about}, {around}]
2: by a circular or circuitous route; "He came all the way
around the base"; "the road goes around the pond"
3: used of movement to or among many different places or in no
particular direction; "wandering about with no place to go";
"people were rushing about"; "news gets around (or about)";
"traveled around in Asia"; "he needs advice from someone
who's been around"; "she sleeps around" [syn: {about},
{around}]
4: in a circle or circular motion; "The wheels are spinning
around"
5: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct;
"lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute";
"he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand";
"we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came";
"weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3
gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party"
[syn: {approximately}, {about}, {close to}, {just about},
{some}, {roughly}, {more or less}, {around}, {or so}]
6: in or to a reversed position or direction; "about face";
"suddenly she turned around" [syn: {about}, {around}]
7: to a particular destination either specified or understood;
"she came around to see me"; "I invited them around for
supper"
8: all around or on all sides; "dirty clothes lying around (or
about)"; "let's look about for help"; "There were trees
growing all around"; "she looked around her" [syn: {about},
{around}]
9: in circumference; "the trunk is ten feet around"; "the pond
is two miles around"
10: from beginning to end; throughout; "It rains all year round
on Skye"; "frigid weather the year around" [syn: {round},
{around}]
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