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all-round

/ˈɑlˌɹaʊnd/

all-round adjective: having a wide scope, comprehensive.

Adjective

all-round

  1. Having a wide scope, comprehensive.
    • Communism requires conditions in which men are not restricted to a particular type of work, but can take part successively in all types and thus achieve all-round development.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in...
    Synonyms:
    comprehensive
  2. Having many skills, versatile.
    • While reaching last year's US Open final showed he possesses an all-round game, Anderson's biggest weapon remains his serve - which he lost in the opening game against Djokovic with a double fault on break point.2018 July 15, Jonathan Jurejko, “Novak Djokovic wins fourth Wimbledon by beating Kevin Anderson”, in BBC Sport
  3. All around, in every surrounding place.
    • Then we pass through Bebington station, and, entering a cutting, become aware of the usual signs of approach to an urban area—buildings closing in, an all-round increase in smokiness, and the application of brakes.1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, page 21

all-round meaning in Kannada

all-round in Kannada

ಸರ್ವತೋಮುಖ, ಬಹುಮುಖ ಪ್ರತಿಭೆಯ, ಎಲ್ಲವನ್ನೂ ಬಲ್ಲ

Synonyms of all-round

Forms of all-round

alternative Canada USall-around

Origin of all-round

From all + round, initially “everywhere” (1728), “versatile” from 1867.

Words formed from all-round

Questions about all-round

What does all-round mean?
All-round means having a wide scope, comprehensive.
What is all-round in Kannada?
All-round in Kannada is ಸರ್ವತೋಮುಖ, ಬಹುಮುಖ ಪ್ರತಿಭೆಯ, ಎಲ್ಲವನ್ನೂ ಬಲ್ಲ. See All-round meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is all-round?
All-round is an adjective.
How do you pronounce all-round?
All-round is pronounced /ˈɑlˌɹaʊnd/ (US).

Words near all-round in the dictionary

  1. all-purpose flour
  2. all-purpose flours
  3. all-risks
  4. all-roader
  5. all-roaders
  6. all-round
  7. all-round education
  8. all-rounder
  9. all-rounders
  10. all-run four
  11. all-run fours

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Adapted from Wiktionary: all-round (page history and authors); all-round (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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