round
A2Frequent NGSL-1UK /raʊnd/US /raʊnd/
Meaning
adjective
having a shape like a circle or a ball
“a round plate”
adverb
moving in a circle
“Everybody joins hands and dances round.”
noun
a stage in a competition or sports event
“the qualifying rounds of the National Championships”
preposition
in a circle
“the first woman to sail round the world”
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“Hardly had my parents' car rounded the corner at the end of the road than I ditched German and scuttled off down the classics corridor.”
📺 J.K. Rowling Harvard Commencement SpeechLearn this word in the video →
“round of applause Stanford is near to my heart not least because I live just a mile and a half from here of course if my accident hasn't given it away for”
📺 2019 Stanford Commencement address by Tim CookLearn this word in the video →
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