round
- noun
- /raʊnd/
- The last round of interviews for the job will take place next week.
- first round
- final round
- second round
We have got the next round, which is gods.
- We have got the next round, which is gods.
- I think the second round was the best round.
- And we will be back next week with another round of trivia and news.
Examples
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And the person eliminated this round is Matt.
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Another round over here, dear.
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I think the second round was the best round.
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How long does that one round of the procedure take in total?
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Here we go for round three with Brian Johnson.
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And we will be back next week with another round of trivia and news.
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The winner of this round was Josh Zucker.
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Our wonderful flight attendants are doing one last round of refreshments, and make sure you enjoy the tail end of this flight.
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Democrats and Republicans agreed on a round of temporary tax cuts and extended jobless benefits in December 2010.
Academic text (2011) -
In that time, she had already made her rounds, conferring with the foreman in each department.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
A chance in a sequence to act or speak
Idioms
To come together to show strong support for a leader or the country in danger
Compounds
- Literature
A large round table in stories about King Arthur where knights sit as equals
- Literature
A member of King Arthur's court who sits at the Round Table and is brave and fair
- Specialized
A small curved strip of wood or plastic used where a floor meets a wall to hide the gap
- Specialized
A small opening in the inner ear wall that leads to the part that senses sound
- UK
A regular route for delivering newspapers often done by a young person before school
- Literature
A round table where King Arthur and his knights sat as equals
- Specialized
A curved half-circle shape above a door or bridge seen in Roman buildings
Couples perform planned steps while moving in a circle to music guided by a leader
A small tree from East Asia that makes round orange fruits with sweet peel and sour flesh
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A cord of tissue on each side of the womb that runs to the outer female genital area
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A freshwater fish with a bronze back and white belly from northern lakes and rivers
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A way of using the arm that swings out at shoulder height to throw or hit in sports like cricket
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A glass container with a round body and a narrow neck used for heating or mixing chemicals
A garden plant with a round bulb and purple flower head used for food and decoration
- Specialized
A North American orchid with two round leaves and greenish white flowers on one stalk
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A brown mushroom with a pink stem and smooth round spores that grows on wood
- Specialized
The time it takes for a light signal to travel to a spacecraft or planet and back
A small animal like a rat that lives in Florida wetlands and has a round tail
Surface Forms
Etymology
Round for a set of visits comes from the idea of going in a circle or making a trip to each place in turn; a nurse's 'round' is one complete trip to see every patient, so the word means one whole circuit.