Dictionary Entry
around
around is a 6-letter English word with 15 senses as adverb and preposition in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: In a circle; circularly; on every side; round. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 15 senses
Definitions
- 1adverb
In a circle; circularly; on every side; round.
- 2adverb
In a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town.
- 3adverb
Near; in the neighborhood; as, this man was standing around when the fight took place.
- 4preposition
On all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make the circuit of; about.
- 5preposition
From one part to another of; at random through; about; on another side of; as, to travel around the country; a house standing around the corner.
- 6adverb
(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
"lasted approximately an hour"
"in just about a minute"
Synonyms
- 7adverb
in circumference
"the trunk is ten feet around"
"the pond is two miles around"
- 8adverb
in the area or vicinity
"a few spectators standing about"
"hanging around"
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- 9adverb
from beginning to end; throughout
"It rains all year round on Skye"
"frigid weather the year around"
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- 10adverb
by a circular or circuitous route
"He came all the way around the base"
"the road goes around the pond"
- 11adverb
in a circle or circular motion
"The wheels are spinning around"
- 12adverb
all around or on all sides
"dirty clothes lying around (or about)"
"let's look about for help"
Synonyms
- 13adverb
to a particular destination either specified or understood
"she came around to see me"
"I invited them around for supper"
- 14adverb
in or to a reversed position or direction
"about face"
"suddenly she turned around"
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- 15adverb
used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
"wandering about with no place to go"
"people were rushing about"
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