all-a·round

[awl-uh-round]
adjective
1.
able to do many things; versatile: an all-around player.
2.
broadly applicable; not specialized: an all-around education.
3.
inclusive; comprehensive; complete: an all-around failure.
Also, all-round.


Origin:
1720–30

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all-around
 
adj
(prenominal) the US equivalent of all-round

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All-around is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
Example sentences
Somebody else had won the prize for best all-around student.
He's an above-average fielder at first, which meets their standard of emphasizing all-around play.
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