around, adv.
freq. cnt. 63
freq. cnt. 63
in the area or vicinity
<adv.all> freq. cnt.: 31 freq. cnt.: 26 freq. cnt.: 5
about around
sample sentences
"a few spectators standing about""hanging around"
"waited around for the next flight"
by a circular or circuitous route
<adv.all> freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 13
around
sample sentences
"He came all the way around the base""the road goes around the pond"
used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
<adv.all> freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 3
about around
sample sentences
"wandering about with no place to go""people were rushing about"
"news gets around (or about)"
"traveled around in Asia"
"he needs advice from someone who's been around"
"she sleeps around"
in a circle or circular motion
<adv.all> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6
around
sample sentences
"The wheels are spinning around"
(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
<adv.all> freq. cnt.: 118 freq. cnt.: 55 freq. cnt.: 26 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
about approximately around close to just about more or less or so roughly some
sample sentences
"lasted approximately an hour""in just about a minute"
"he's about 30 years old"
"I've had about all I can stand"
"we meet about once a month"
"some forty people came"
"weighs around a hundred pounds"
"roughly $3,000"
"holds 3 gallons, more or less"
"20 or so people were at the party"
in circumference
<adv.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
around
sample sentences
"the trunk is ten feet around""the pond is two miles around"
all around or on all sides
<adv.all> freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 1
about around
sample sentences
"dirty clothes lying around (or about)""let's look about for help"
"There were trees growing all around"
"she looked around her"
to a particular destination either specified or understood
<adv.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
around
sample sentences
"she came around to see me""I invited them around for supper"
in or to a reversed position or direction
<adv.all> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1
about around
sample sentences
"about face""suddenly she turned around"
from beginning to end; throughout
<adv.all> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
around round
sample sentences
"It rains all year round on Skye""frigid weather the year around"