round
- adjective
- /raʊnd/
- Specialized
- So if I was to move number one round to here, is it as simple as that?
- round numbers
What do you do when you're realizing you have this round Number?
- What do you do when you're realizing you have this round Number?
- So round numbers, you're saying it takes a calorie to burn protein.
- It was a nice big round Number, clearly less of a realistic goal than an inspirational one, and they tackled the agents shortage.
Examples
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A round million!
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And, you know, you talk about round numbers.
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That's a big nice round Number, like half a million.
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Well, in round figures...
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To simplify the calculations, we usually round numbers to the nearest ten.
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The report stated that the project's budget was approximately a round number like one hundred thousand.
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When estimating expenses, it's often easier to work with round numbers instead of exact figures.
Antonyms
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
- Specialized
A freshwater fish with a bronze back and white belly from northern lakes and rivers
- Specialized
A way of using the arm that swings out at shoulder height to throw or hit in sports like cricket
- Specialized
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
- Specialized
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
How Precise
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Etymology
Round for a neat number comes from the idea of making a number simple and smooth, so you make it a 'round' figure like 50 or 100 to make calculation easier.