around
- adverb
- /əˈraʊnd/
- Yeah, he's the boss around here, and we know what this looks like.
- around here
- still around
- people around
No, because you got people around you to hold you back.
- No, because you got people around you to hold you back.
- Wow, all these guys around me are studs.
- So there's a whole ton of them around here and so.
- And he lets the people around them do their job.
- I want to have friends around me that will protect me.
- He does not want that confusion and perversion around his children and.
- You can't play Manhunt around the church.
- I also saw the difference in men around me when I played that.
- A chatic points are being set up around Moscow right now.
- So having the right team around you is key.
- It's that having more than the people around you separates you.
Examples
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I want to have friends around me that will protect me.
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Well, who else is around all the time?
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So you kind of just place it down around here, right?
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No, because you got people around you to hold you back.
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And yet I feel we could have stuck around and made friends with them.
Fiction book (1990) -
"You should be glad you have us around to keep you out of trouble."
Fiction book (1990) -
And some of us have been carrying them around with us for years.
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I could hear you moving around.
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I hate that we weren't around when you needed us most, sweetheart.
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There are many interesting shops around the park.
Synonyms
In or around a place, moving from one part to another
Close to a person, place, or thing
At a short distance in space or time
In or near that place
Near that place, close to the spot
Near this place in the local area
Antonyms
Idioms
The most important thing that makes life keep going, like money or love
- Informal
A constant problem or responsibility that is hard to get rid of
To take part in a traditional May Day dance in a circle around a tall decorated pole
To sail around Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America, often in dangerous weather
To avoid saying something directly by talking a long time before answering
- Archaic
To talk or act in a long, roundabout way to avoid the main point
- Informal
Behaving as if you are the most important person and others do not matter
- Informal
Talk in a relaxed, joking way and make stories bigger to be funny
Compounds
- Specialized
Stopping an approach or attempt to try again, for example when a plane pulls up instead of landing
- Baby Talk
A children's game where players hold hands, walk in a circle, and fall down while singing
- NSFW
Money given during elections to get people to vote for a candidate or pay small local costs
- Baby Talk
A children's game where players hold hands in a circle, sing, and fall down
Negative ideas that lead people to treat those with mental health problems unfairly
How Near
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Around comes from a- 'on' and round 'circle', so the idea is being 'on the circle' near something. That's why around can mean 'nearby' or in the area.