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# round

«round» in Mova's school dictionary: **one turn of a game, a race, a quiz or a test: the first…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (round, rounds); adjective (round, rounder, roundest); preposition, adverb (round, around); verb (round, rounds, rounded, rounding)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A round is one turn of a game, a race, a quiz or a test: the first round. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/round/#m1)

2) Round means shaped like a circle or a ball: a round plate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/round/#m2)

3) Round (or around) means on every side, or in a circle: go round the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/round/#m3)

4) To round a number is to change it to the nearest ten, hundred and so on: 47 rounds to 50. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/round/#m4)

5) To round a corner or headland means to go all the way around it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/round/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

one pass of practice problems («Round 1: 14 of 20 right»); points from several rounds are added; «N rounds with M in each» = N × M; in maths «round to the nearest ten» (estimate), round shapes (circle, sphere); in everyday life «come round» (visit), «all year round», «a round of applause»

### examples

- Round 1: 14 of 20 right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/round/#x1)
- Sam scored 5 points in the first round and 8 in the second round. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/round/#x2)
- There are 4 rounds with 6 questions in each round. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/round/#x3)
- A ball is round. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/round/#x4)
- The Earth goes round the Sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/round/#x5)
- Round 38 to the nearest ten: 40. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/round/#x6)
- Come round to my house after school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/round/#x7)
- We sat round the campfire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/round/#x8)
- Let's give them a round of applause! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/round/#x9)
- Wait till you’ve rounded the Horn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/round/#x10)

### note

Carries no operation clue; points from several rounds are added, and «N rounds with M in each» is N × M. When rounding, 5 or more rounds up (45 → 50), 4 or less rounds down (44 → 40). A rounded answer is an estimate, not exact. «round» and «around» mean the same in «go round/around».

### In the corpora

- [Knowing this helps you understand why a family's week is planned round a piece of paper on the fridge.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working/4/)
- [An estate agent helps sell houses, and viewings are when people who might buy come to look round.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/9/)
- [Stories grow because people fill gaps with guesses, round numbers up, and add a twist that makes the tale better to tell.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow/2/)
- [It is fun, but a lot of it is a small true thing with a big made-up story wrapped round it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/46-tabloids-sources-close-to-and-the-photo/1/)
- [Big flat brushes suit skies and backgrounds; small round brushes with a pointed tip suit details.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «round» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/round/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.