to round
- verb
- /raʊnd/
- To improve her knowledge of the subject, she took additional courses to round out her education.
- round out the picture
So just to round this video up, thank you.
- So just to round this video up, thank you.
- Germany has fallen apart and here is one final note to round out the week.
- I always like to try just for the sake of it and to really like round out this video.
- So it all fell together and here are a couple of notes to round out the week.
- We're going to need you to star in the Annie sequel, and we need a third thing rounded out.
- This is fucking good way that it rounds out the dole.
Examples
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We need to hear from these people to round out the story.
Academic text (2008) -
And of course editorial work as we round out the year for Stoicism today.
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So it all fell together and here are a couple of notes to round out the week.
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And I think we'll, I hope, round out your, your, your knowledge of it as you, as you approach reading it.
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But I think you need some more like real life day wear, you know, everyday clothes to round out your collection.
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So that's to round out what you know by that point.
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And to round things out, a few notes on menswear.
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Additional research is needed to identify a well-rounded model for music teacher evaluation.
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You can go to rentawarner.co.uk and get strangers to show up at a funeral to help round out the festivities.
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You know just to round out what we doing right here, I bought some of the coldest people I know who cold with the improv, who funny who spontaneous.
Synonyms
To make something better by small changes
Refresh your knowledge or skill by practising and reviewing
Make something more complete by adding parts
Make something better by practicing or fixing it
To add small final touches to make something complete
Antonyms
Idioms
To come together to show strong support for a leader or the country in danger
Phrasal Verbs
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To reduce a number to the nearest whole number that is not more than it
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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 Complete
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Round meaning to bring something to a finished or full state comes from the idea of making it whole and complete, like turning a rough idea into a smooth, 'round' form.