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Around
əˈraʊnd
- located or situated on every side
"the mountains towering all around"
on every side on all sides in all directions throughout all over all over the place everywhere about here and there - so as to face in the opposite direction
"Guy seized her by the shoulders and turned her around"
- in or to many places throughout a locality
"word got around that he was on the verge of retirement"
- aimlessly or unsystematically; here and there
"one of them was glancing nervously around"
- present, living, in the vicinity, or in active use
"there was no one around"
- (used with a number or quantity) approximately
"software costs would be around £1,500"
approximately about round about roughly in the region of something like in the area of in the neighbourhood of of the order of or so or thereabouts there or thereabouts more or less give or take a few plus or minus a few
- on every side of
"the palazzo is built around a courtyard"
- (of something abstract) having (the thing mentioned) as a focal point
"our entire culture is built around those loyalties"
- in or to many places throughout (a community or locality)
"cycling around the village"
- so as to pass (a place or object) in a curved or approximately circular route
"he walked around the airfield"
- so as to encircle or embrace (someone or something)
"he put his arm around her"