around
adverb
[ əˈraʊnd ]
• located or situated on every side.
• "the mountains towering all around"
Similar:
on every side,
on all sides,
in all directions,
throughout,
all over,
all over the place,
everywhere,
about,
here and there,
• so as to face in the opposite direction.
• "Guy seized her by the shoulders and turned her around"
Similar:
in the opposite direction,
in the reverse direction,
to face the other way,
backwards,
to the rear,
• in or to many places throughout a locality.
• "word got around that he was on the verge of retirement"
• aimlessly or unsystematically; here and there.
• "one of them was glancing nervously around"
• present, living, in the vicinity, or in active use.
• "there was no one around"
Similar:
nearby,
near,
about,
close by,
close,
at hand,
close at hand,
in the vicinity,
in the neighbourhood,
on the doorstep,
(just) round the corner,
within (easy) reach,
at close range,
hard by,
accessible,
handy,
convenient,
• (used with a number or quantity) approximately.
• "software costs would be around £1,500"
Similar:
approximately,
about,
round about,
roughly,
in the region of,
something like,
in the area of,
in the neighbourhood of,
of the order of,
or so,
or thereabouts,
there or thereabouts,
more or less,
give or take a few,
plus or minus a few,
nearly,
close to,
as near as dammit,
not far off,
approaching,
getting on for,
plus-minus,
circa,
in the ballpark of,
around
preposition
• on every side of.
• "the palazzo is built around a courtyard"
• in or to many places throughout (a community or locality).
• "cycling around the village"
Similar:
all over,
about,
here and there in,
everywhere in,
in/to all parts of,
• so as to pass (a place or object) in a curved or approximately circular route.
• "he walked around the airfield"
• so as to encircle or embrace (someone or something).
• "he put his arm around her"
Origin:
Middle English: from a-2 ‘in, on’ + round.
