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Antonyms for round

Grammar : Adj, adv, noun, verb
Spell : round
Phonetic Transcription : raÊŠnd

Definition of round

Origin :
  • late 13c., from Anglo-French rounde, Old French roont (12c., Modern French rond), probably originally *redond, from Vulgar Latin *retundus (cf. Provençal redon, Spanish redondo, Old Italian ritondo), from Latin rotundus "like a wheel, circular, round," related to rota "wheel" (see rotary).
  • As an adverb from c.1300; as a preposition from c.1600. In many uses it is a shortened form of around. The French word is the source of Middle Dutch ront (Dutch rond), Middle High German runt (German rund) and similar Germanic words.
  • Of numbers from mid-14c., from earlier sense "full, complete, brought to completion" (mid-14c., notion of symmetry extended to that of completeness). First record of round trip is from 1844, originally of railways. Round heels attested from 1926, in reference to incompetent boxers, 1927 in reference to loose women, in either case implying an inability to avoid ending up flat on one's back.
  • adj ball-shaped; semicircular area
  • adj complete
  • adj full-bodied, ample in size
  • adj resonant, rich in sound
  • adj honest, direct
  • adv approximate
  • noun globe, ball; semicircular area
  • noun cycle, stage
  • noun unit of ammunition
  • verb turn; encircle
  • verb make curved; remove angles
Example sentences :
  • So the old man and the young man made the round of the Bines properties.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • This afternoon went with Jemmy to the summit of Yeadie, and took a round of angles.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • Round this a piece of leather is stretched and dressed with emery.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens » by Henry Bore
  • There were about twenty round us; they appeared very frightened.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • This afternoon I took a round of angles and bearings from a pile of stones on the hill.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • When we get to the circle of 'em, because they're all round the cabin, we'll drive at 'em together.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • The Marquis made a round of the principal of those mansions.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • All you had to do when you got it inside a man was to turn it round a bit, and the wound gaped and tore.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • There was an expression of anxious concern on Elfreda's round face.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • His eyes, round and full and steady, taxed her with falsehood, with hypocrisy.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair

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