around
- adverb
- /əˈraʊnd/
- I waited where we'd been sitting, but the people around there said you'd gone.
- come around
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Watch on YouTubeWe'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
To sail around Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America, often in dangerous weather
To take part in a traditional May Day dance in a circle around a tall decorated pole
- Informal
A constant problem or responsibility that is hard to get rid of
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.