to round out
15
3.5
- phrasal verb
- /raʊnd aʊt/
:
completar
- Science accounted for 16.4 percent, and business rounded out the top three with 9.6 percent of the total usage.
I'm reading one more comment before we round this out.
- I'm reading one more comment before we round this out.
- 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.
- I'm going to slice it and slice it, and I'm going to use those two pieces to round out this grip a little bit.
- 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.
- It's just it just rounds out the character and the pride that Susie has in being a fashionista.
- You better tell your friend we're going to take this bronzer and smoke out right underneath the lash line to round out the eye.
Examples
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We also have representatives from education and training, which rounds out the four equity groups.
Academic text (1993) -
Two more Egyptian authors round out the issue.
Academic text (2009) -
We need to hear from these people to round out the story.
Academic text (2008) -
We had a brief London pub experience to round out my time here.
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Internal control and systems analysis and design topics round out the top four categories.
Academic text (2002) -
The involvement of other specialists rounds out the appropriate management strategy.
Academic text (1998) -
Their provisions were rounded out by a large selection of dried, smoked meat and fish.
Fiction book (1990) -
Fish, milk, and meat from cattle rounded out the varzeiros' diet.
Academic text (2002) -
Brennan Poole, Alex Bowman, and Chad Hackenbracht rounded out the top five in the point standings.
Blog text (11) -
The new features will round out the app, making it more user-friendly.
Synonyms
34
4.5
To make something stronger or more effective
15
4.0
To add more details to an idea, plan, or argument
14
2.8
To become or make something fuller by adding more
11
4.0
To complete something by adding the final touches
1
3.6
To add small final touches to make something complete
Antonyms
How Complete
Surface Forms
Morphology
round + out
The meaning 'to make something more rounded' is directly compositional from 'round' (to make or be circular/rounded) plus the particle 'out' (often meaning to make something complete or fully so). Even if one sense of 'round' is numeric, the shape-related sense is common at B1 and the verb+out pattern is a regular, cross-linguistically familiar composition, so learners who know the constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
The phrasal verb round out paints a picture of filling the edges of something until it feels whole, like adding a final chapter to a story or a side dish to a meal. That's why it means 'to make something more complete'.