round

«round» in Mova's school dictionary: one turn of a game, a race, a quiz or a test: the first… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

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

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

• 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

• Knowing this helps you understand why a family's week is planned round a piece of paper on the fridge.
• An estate agent helps sell houses, and viewings are when people who might buy come to look round.
• Stories grow because people fill gaps with guesses, round numbers up, and add a twist that makes the tale better to tell.
• It is fun, but a lot of it is a small true thing with a big made-up story wrapped round it.
• Big flat brushes suit skies and backgrounds; small round brushes with a pointed tip suit details.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «round» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.