round
part of speech
noun (round, rounds); adjective (round, rounder, roundest); preposition, adverb (round, around); verb (round, rounds, rounded, rounding)
meaning for a pupil
1) A round is one turn of a game, a race, a quiz or a test: the first round. tree →
2) Round means shaped like a circle or a ball: a round plate. tree →
3) Round (or around) means on every side, or in a circle: go round the park. tree →
4) To round a number is to change it to the nearest ten, hundred and so on: 47 rounds to 50. tree →
5) To round a corner or headland means to go all the way around it. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: "Round about" means all around, used for things set about the altar, court and Tabernacle. In the primary lessons: one pass of practice problems («Round 1: 14 of 20 right»); points from several rounds are added; «N rounds with M in each» = N × M; in maths «round to the nearest ten» (estimate), round shapes (circle, sphere); in everyday life «come round» (visit), «all year round», «a round of applause»
examples
- All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen. (Torah EXO.38.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- And when it was killed, Moses dashed the blood against the altar round about. (Torah LEV.8.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereto a crown of gold round about. (Torah EXO.37.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- Round about his teeth is terror. (Writings JOB.41.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Thy faithfulness is round about Thee. (Writings PSA.89.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Israel set liers-in-wait against Gibeah round about. (Prophets JDG.20.29, JPS 1917) tree →
- Round 1: 14 of 20 right. tree →
- Sam scored 5 points in the first round and 8 in the second round. tree →
- There are 4 rounds with 6 questions in each round. tree →
- A ball is round. tree →
- The Earth goes round the Sun. tree →
- Round 38 to the nearest ten: 40. tree →
- Come round to my house after school. tree →
- We sat round the campfire. tree →
- Let's give them a round of applause! tree →
- Wait till you’ve rounded the Horn. tree →
note
Carries no operation clue; points from several rounds are added, and «N rounds with M in each» is N × M. When rounding, 5 or more rounds up (45 → 50), 4 or less rounds down (44 → 40). A rounded answer is an estimate, not exact. «round» and «around» mean the same in «go round/around».
In the corpora
- At the set time I will return unto thee, when the season cometh round, and Sarah shall have a son.'
- And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
- And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.
- All the pillars of the court round about shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass.
- a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «round» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.