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The Meaning of around
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(adv.) In a circle; circularly; on every side; round.
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(adv.) In a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town.
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(adv.) Near; in the neighborhood; as, this man was standing around when the fight took place.
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(prep.) On all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make the circuit of; about.
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(prep.) From one part to another of; at random through; about; on another side of; as, to travel around the country; a house standing around the corner.
Synonyms
well-nigh
,
virtually
,
or so
,
roughly
,
just about
,
some
,
nigh
,
most
,
about
,
nearly
,
more or less
,
almost
,
near
,
approximately
,
close to
,
round
,
rough
,
somewhat
,
slightly
Rhymes
abound
,
aground
,
allentown
,
ashdown
,
astound
,
background
,
baytown
,
beantown
,
bound
,
breakdown
,
bridgetown
,
brown
,
browne
,
browned
,
campground
,
charlestown
,
charlottetown
,
chinatown
,
clampdown
,
closedown
,
clown
,
comedown
,
compound
,
confound
,
cooperstown
,
countdown
,
crackdown
,
crosstown
,
crown
,
crowne
,
crowned
,
down
,
downe
,
downed
,
downingtown
,
downtown
,
drown
,
drowned
,
earthbound
,
eastbound
,
elizabethtown
,
expound
,
facedown
,
fairground
,
foreground
,
found
,
foxhound
,
freetown
,
frown
,
frowned
,
georgetown
,
germantown
,
godown
,
gown
,
gowned
,
greyhound
,
ground
,
hidebound
,
hoedown
,
homebound
,
hometown
,
horehound
,
hound
,
impound
,
inbound
,
jamestown
,
johnstown
,
knockdown
,
letdown
,
levittown
,
lockdown
,
lowdown
,
lown
,
markdown
,
marshalltown
,
mccoun
,
mccown
,
mcgown
,
mcquown
,
meltdown
,
merry-go-round
,
middletown
,
midtown
,
morgantown
,
motown
,
mound
,
newfound
,
newtown
,
newtowne
,
noun
,
outbound
,
playground
,
pound
,
profound
,
propound
,
provincetown
,
rebound
,
redound
,
renown
,
renowned
,
resound
,
round
,
run-down
,
rundown
,
shakedown
,
shoun
,
showdown
,
shutdown
,
slowdown
,
snowbound
,
sound
,
southbound
,
southdown
,
spellbound
,
stound
,
sundown
,
surround
,
swound
,
touchdown
,
town
,
towne
,
turnaround
,
turndown
,
ultrasound
,
unbound
,
underground
,
unsound
,
unwound
,
uptown
,
watertown
,
westbound
,
williamstown
,
wound
,
yorktown
,
youngstown