around
- adverb
- /əˈraʊnd/
- I waited where we'd been sitting, but the people around there said you'd gone.
- come around
We're ambassadors, we show the child around this Holy Land.
- We're ambassadors, we show the child around this Holy Land.
- He came around and stood by my right.
Examples
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We're ambassadors, we show the child around this Holy Land.
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And yeah, let me show you guys around starting from the beginning.
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So, let me show you around, okay?
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Do you mind if I drop around in the morning just to see if you are alright?
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But we are here and I'm going to walk you around the studio.
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How about, I come around tomorrow and I will give you a full tutorial?
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Karen drove quickly past it, into the driveway, and around to the back of the house.
Fiction book (1991) -
After 6 months, Claremont hired Alf to drive us around.
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I visit my grandmother's house around the holidays to celebrate with the family.
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Can you come around to my place this evening to help me with the project?
Synonyms
In or around a place, moving from one part to another
In or near that place
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
Surface Forms
Morphology
around = round (semi-transparent) = a + round
The relation to 'round' is still visible, but the use meaning 'to someone's place' or 'to a particular place' is a conventional extension.
Etymology
Around comes from a- 'on' and round 'circle', so it once meant being in someone's area. A helpful way to remember it is to think 'come around' = come 'to the place' for a visit.