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around

Definitions

adverb

  1. used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
  2. in or to a reversed position or direction
  3. from beginning to end; throughout
  4. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
  5. in a circle or circular motion
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Examples

A specially designed speculum is used to help direct the injection into the G-spot, with effects lasting around four months.

Which is stupid, considering the drivers around here A: Don't normally stop for people and in fact have been caught trying to sneak ~around~ them and B: I've been nicked several times and almost hit three times different instances last summer attempting to obey the biking laws, none of those for mistakes on my part as I've been scared shitless at the lack of aware driving that's crept over my town.

There were a few cows dotted around in the field.

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round

Definitions

noun

  1. the usual activities in your day
  2. an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
  3. the course along which communications spread
  4. 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
  5. a charge of ammunition for a single shot
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verb

  1. pronounce with rounded lips
  2. wind around; move along a circular course
  3. bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
  4. become round, plump, or shapely
  5. make round
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adjective

  1. (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand
  2. having the shape or form of a circle
  3. (of sounds) full and rich

adverb

  1. from beginning to end; throughout

Examples

When the King heard this, he bade his son be slain; but on the next day the second Wazir came forward for intercession and kissed ground in prostration.

A specially designed speculum is used to help direct the injection into the G-spot, with effects lasting around four months.

Which is stupid, considering the drivers around here A: Don't normally stop for people and in fact have been caught trying to sneak ~around~ them and B: I've been nicked several times and almost hit three times different instances last summer attempting to obey the biking laws, none of those for mistakes on my part as I've been scared shitless at the lack of aware driving that's crept over my town.

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