roundness Definition

round
adj

1. Shaped like, or approximately like, a circle or a ball.

Thesaurus: circular, rounded, spherical, spheroid, globular, orbed, orbicular, bulbous, rotund, orbiculate.
2. Not angular; with a curved outline.
3. Said of a body or part of a body: curved and plump.

Example: a round face
4. Moving in or forming a circle.
5. Said of numbers: complete and exact.

Example: a round dozen
6. Said of a number: without a fraction.
7. Said of a number: approximate; without taking minor amounts into account.
8. Said of a sum of money: considerable; substantial.
9. Said of a character in a story or novel: fully and realistically developed.
10. Plain-spoken; candid.
11. Said of a vowel: pronounced with the lips forming a circle.
12. Said of a sound: smooth; sonorous.
13. Said of a pace: brisk; vigorous.

adverb

1. In a circular direction or with a circular or revolving movement.
2. In or to the opposite direction, position or opinion.

Example: win someone round
3. In, by or along a circuitous or indirect route.
4. On all sides so as to surround.

Example: gather round
5. From one person to another successively.

Example: pass it round
6. In rotation, so as to return to the starting point.

Example: wait until spring comes round
7. From place to place.

Example: drive round for a while
8. In circumference.

Example: measures six feet round
9. To a particular place, especially someone's home.

Example: come round for supper

prep

1. On all sides of so as to surround or enclose.
2. So as to move or revolve around a centre or axis and return to the starting point.

Example: run round the field
3. colloq
Having as a central point or basis.
Example: a story built round her experiences
4. From place to place in.

Example: We went round the town shopping
5. In all or various directions from somewhere; close to it.
6. So as to pass, or having passed, in a curved course.

Example: drive round the corner

noun

1. Something round, and often flat, in shape.

Thesaurus: sphere, ball, globe, circle, disk, band, ring, loop, halo, crown, aureole.
2a. Movement in a circle;
2b. A complete revolution round a circuit or path.

Thesaurus: circuit, revolution, orbit, cycle.
3. A single slice of bread.
4. A sandwich, or two or more sandwiches, made from two slices of bread.
5. A cut of beef across the thigh-bone of an animal.
6. golf.
The playing of all 18 holes on a course in a single session.
7. One of a recurring series of events, actions, etc; a session.

Example: a round of talks
8. A series of regular activities; a daily routine.

Example: the daily round
Thesaurus: cycle, course, sequence, system, routine, schedule, process, procedure, arrangement.
9. A regular route followed, especially for the sale or delivery of goods.

Example: a milk round
10. A sequence of visits, usually a regular one, made by a doctor to patients, either in a hospital or their homes.

Form: rounds (usually)
11. A stage in a competition.

Example: through to the second round
12. A single turn by every member of a group of people playing a game, eg in a card game.
13. A single period of play, competition, etc in a group of such periods, eg in boxing, wrestling, etc.
14. A burst of applause or cheering.
15. A single bullet or charge of ammunition.

Thesaurus: outburst, volley, barrage, spray, flare-up, burst, blast, rush, outbreak, eruption, salvo, fusillade.
16. A number of drinks bought at the same time for all the members of a group.
17. music.
An unaccompanied song in which different people all sing the same part continuously but start, and therefore end, at different times.
18. A sequence in which each bell in a set or peal is rung once.

verb rounded, rounding

1a. To make something round;

Thesaurus: curve, arch, bend, bow.
intr
1b. To become round.

Thesaurus: curve, arch, bend, bow.
2. To go round something.

Example: The car rounded the corner
Thesaurus: encircle, circle, compass, circumnavigate, skirt, flank.
3. To pronounce (a sound) with rounded lips.

Derivative: rounded

Curved; not angular.

Complete; fully developed.

Said of a sound or vowel: pronounced with the lips rounded.

Said of measurements (usually of spoons in Britain and cups in N America): filled so as to be slightly more than level with the rim.

Derivative: rounder

Someone or something that rounds.

In the game of rounders: a complete circuit.

Derivative: roundish
adj

Derivative: roundly

In a round way;

So as to be round.

Frankly; bluntly.
Thesaurus: vehemently, intensely, severely, bluntly, sharply, fiercely, violently, rigorously; Antonym: moderately, mildly, gently, lightly.

Derivative: roundness
noun

Idiom: go the rounds (make the rounds)

(said of news, information, etc) to be passed round from person to person; to circulate.

To patrol.

Idiom: in the round

With all details shown or considered.

With the audience seated on at least three, and often four, sides of the stage.

Idiom: round about

On all sides; in a ring surrounding.

The other way about.

Approximately.
Example: round about four o'clock

Idiom: round the clock

See round-the-clock.

Etymology: 13c: from French ront, from Latin rotundus, from rota a wheel.

Phrasal Verb: round something down

To lower (a number) to the nearest convenient figure so that it can be expressed as a round number.
Example: round 15.47 down to 15

Phrasal Verb: round something off

To make its corners, angles, etc smooth.To complete it successfully and pleasantly.
Example: round off the meal with a glass of brandy

Phrasal Verb: round on someone

To turn on or attack them.To reply angrily to them, or attack them verbally.

Phrasal Verb: round something up

To raise (a number) to the nearest convenient figure so that it can be expressed as a round number.
Example: round 15.89 up to 16
To collect (wanted people, or things such as livestock or facts) together. See also round-up.