to round
- verb
- /raʊnd/
- Specialized
- Flexibility scores were obtained by averaging the judges' assigned scores and rounding off to the nearest whole number.
- round numbers
- round to the nearest
- round to 2 decimals
So I'm going to round it up to four, maybe an hour.
- So I'm going to round it up to four, maybe an hour.
- I want to know what is the previous I want to round up or round down.
- For a guitar that expensive, a strap might round it up to six grand.
- Do not round during the problem, OK, Because your answers will vary if you round during the problem.
- She rounds up when I she's she rounds up when I spend money.
Examples
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To ensure accuracy, we need to round the final results to the nearest whole number.
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Percentages were rounded up and may not add up to 100%.
Academic text (2012) -
We gotta round it up.
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So let's just round it up, okay?
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I think it's about time we round up the scores.
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So I'm going to round it up to three.
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Experts kept the accounts growing, and in their reports they rounded to the thousands.
Fiction book (2001) -
Round that off to 475 feet of good rope.
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When calculating the total, please round each item to the nearest dollar.
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If the measurement is 5.7 inches, you should round it to 6 inches.
Synonyms
To change a number to the nearest whole number to make it simpler
Change a number to the nearest whole number
Idioms
To come together to show strong support for a leader or the country in danger
Phrasal Verbs
- Specialized
To reduce a number to the nearest whole number that is not more than it
- Specialized
To turn the front of a boat away from the wind so it blows from the other side
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
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A small curved strip of wood or plastic used where a floor meets a wall to hide the gap
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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
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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
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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
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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
How Precise
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Etymology
Round meaning to adjust a number to the nearest whole comes from making the number a 'round' or neat value, so you 'round' 3.7 to 4.