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Mathematics| 1. | of or pertaining to the act or process of rounding. |
| 2. | an act or instance of rounding off decimal or fractional figures. |
[round] adjective, -er, -est, noun, adverb, preposition, verb | 1. | having a flat, circular surface, as a disk. |
| 2. | ring-shaped, as a hoop. |
| 3. | curved like part of a circle, as an outline. |
| 4. | having a circular cross section, as a cylinder; cylindrical. |
| 5. | spherical or globular, as a ball. |
| 6. | shaped more or less like a part of a sphere; hemispherical. |
| 7. | free from angularity; consisting of full, curved lines or shapes, as handwriting or parts of the body. |
| 8. | executed with or involving circular motion. |
| 9. | full, complete, or entire: a round dozen. |
| 10. | noting, formed, or expressed by an integer or whole number with no fraction. |
| 11. | expressed, given, or exact to the nearest multiple or power of ten; in tens, hundreds, thousands, or the like: in round numbers. |
| 12. | roughly correct; approximate: a round guess. |
| 13. | considerable in amount; ample: a round sum of money. |
| 14. | brought to completeness or perfection. |
| 15. | full and sonorous, as sound. |
| 16. | vigorous or brisk: a round trot. |
| 17. | straightforward, plain, or candid; outspoken: a round scolding. |
| 18. | positive or unqualified: a round assertion. |
| 19. | any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere. |
| 20. | a circular, ring-shaped, curved, or spherical object; a rounded form. |
| 21. | something circular in cross section, as a rung of a ladder or chair. |
| 22. | Sometimes, rounds. a completed course of time, series of events or operations, etc., ending at a point corresponding to that at the beginning: We waited through the round of many years. |
| 23. | any complete course, series, or succession: The strike was settled after a long round of talks; a round of parties. |
| 24. | Often, rounds. a going around from place to place, as in a habitual or definite circuit: a doctor's rounds. |
| 25. | a completed course or spell of activity, commonly one of a series, in some play or sport: the second round of a tournament. |
| 26. | a recurring period of time, succession of events, duties, etc.: the daily round. |
| 27. | an entire range: the round of human capabilities. |
| 28. | a single outburst, as of applause or cheers. |
| 29. | a single discharge of shot by each of a number of guns, rifles, etc. |
| 30. | a single discharge by one firearm. |
| 31. | a charge of ammunition for a single shot. |
| 32. | a single serving, esp. of drink, made more or less simultaneously to everyone present, as at table or at a bar: The next round is on me. |
| 33. | round dance. |
| 34. | movement in a circle or around an axis. |
| 35. | Cookery.
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| 36. | a slice, as of bread. |
| 37. | Archery. a specified number of arrows shot from a specified distance from the target in accordance with the rules. |
| 38. | one of a series of three-minute periods making up a boxing match: a 15-round bout. |
| 39. | Music.
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| 40. | Golf. a playing of the complete course. |
| 41. | Cards. a division of play in a game, consisting of a turn each for every player to bid, bet, play a card, deal the cards, or be dealt cards. |
| 42. | throughout or from the beginning to the end of a recurring period of time: all year round. |
| 43. | Also, 'round. around: The music goes round and round. |
| 44. | throughout (a period of time): a resort visited all round the year. |
| 45. | around: It happened round noon. |
| 46. | to make round. |
| 47. | to free from angularity; fill out symmetrically; make plump. |
| 48. | to bring to completeness or perfection; finish. |
| 49. | Jewelry. to form (a gem) roughly (sometimes fol. by up); girdle. |
| 50. | to end (a sentence, paragraph, etc.) with something specified: He rounded his speech with a particularly apt quotation. |
| 51. | to encircle or surround. |
| 52. | to make a complete circuit of; pass completely around. |
| 53. | to make a turn or partial circuit around or to the other side of: to round a corner. |
| 54. | to cause to move in a circle; turn around. |
| 55. | Phonetics.
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| 56. | Mathematics. to replace by the nearest multiple of 10, with 5 being increased to the next highest multiple: 15,837 can be rounded to 15,840; then to 15,800; then to 16,000. |
| 57. | to become round. |
| 58. | to become free from angularity; become plump. |
| 59. | to develop to completeness or perfection. |
| 60. | to take a circular course; make a circuit, as a guard. |
| 61. | to make a turn or partial circuit around something. |
| 62. | to turn around as on an axis: to round on one's heels. |
| 63. | to reduce successively the number of digits to the right of the decimal point of a mixed number by dropping the final digit and adding 1 to the next preceding digit if the dropped digit was 5 or greater, or leaving the preceding digit unchanged if the dropped digit was 4 or less. |
| 64. | round off,
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| 65. | round out,
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| 66. | round to, Nautical. to turn a sailing vessel in the direction from which the wind is blowing. |
| 67. | round up,
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| 68. | in the round,
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| 69. | make the rounds,
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A song that can be begun at different times by different singers, but with harmonious singing (see harmony) as the result. “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” is a round.
round off
Change a number to the closest whole number or the closest multiple of 10. For example, Rounding it off, I expect the new school addition will cost a million dollars.
Also, round out. Finish, complete, especially in a neat or perfect way. For example, They rounded off the dinner with a magnificent liqueur, or That stamp rounded out his collection. [Mid-1700s; variant, mid-1800s] Also see round out.