round of golf
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2.3
- noun
:
ronda de golf
- Go play a round of golf or go to a basketball game!
Serious golfers register their rounds of golf on the US, whatever the US Golf Association services.
- Serious golfers register their rounds of golf on the US, whatever the US Golf Association services.
Examples
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I was hoping you'd come over and play a round of golf.
Fiction book (1991) -
Gloria believed that Brady always came home in a better mood after a round of golf or an afternoon on a trout stream.
Academic text (2008) -
We need to get a round of golf in.
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Imagine playing a round of golf alone.
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We're going to play a round of golf.
Fiction book (1992) -
We have a meeting scheduled with the tournament operations staff and then a round of golf on Tuesday morning.
Blog text (4) -
So when's our next round of golf?
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Couple of whiskies after a round of golf.
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There's no such thing as a perfect round of golf.
Blog text (21) -
I enjoyed a beautiful round of golf with my friends at the local course.
Synonyms
930
1.0
A game on a large outdoor course where players hit a small ball into holes using few strokes
376
3.1
A set of visits to check people or places
15
1.2
A sport on a large outdoor course where players use clubs to hit a small ball into holes
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1.0
Playing a sport where you hit a small ball into holes on a grassy course
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun 'round' (one turn/phase) combined with 'of' and the activity 'golf' yields the compositional meaning 'one session or turn of playing golf', which a learner who knows the constituent words can readily infer. The 'round of + activity' pattern is a regular, cross-linguistic construction, so the phrase is transparently derived from its parts.
Etymology
The noun round of golf comes from the idea of a round as a full trip around the course; players literally go all the way around and play each hole. That's why round of golf means 'playing an entire game', usually 18 holes.