around
Syllables: a·roundUK/əˈɹaʊnd/
More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations
Northumbria/əˈɹuːnd/
around preposition: forming a circle or closed curve containing (something).
Preposition
around
- Forming a circle or closed curve containing (something).
- She wore a gold chain around her neck.
- I planted a row of lilies around the statue.
- Synonyms:
- environ
- Centred upon; surrounding; regarding.
- We could use some clarification around the new rules.
- There has been a lot of controversy around the handling of personal information.
- Synonyms:
- environ
- Following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point.
- We walked around the football field.
- She went around the track fifty times.
- Following a path which curves near an object, with the object on the inside of the curve.
- The road took a brief detour around the large rock formation, then went straight on.
- I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big...1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
- Near; in the vicinity of; approximately.
- I left my keys somewhere around here.
- I left the house around 10 this morning.
- At or to various places within or throughout.
- The pages from the notebook were scattered around the room.
- Those teenagers like to hang around the mall.
- So as to avoid something.
- Our product designs around the existing patents to avoid infringing them.
Adjective
around (not comparable)
Adverb
around (not comparable)
- So as to form a circle or trace a circular path, or approximation thereof.
- High above, vultures circled around.
- So as to surround or be near.
- Everybody please gather around.
- There isn't another house for miles around.
- Nearly; approximately; about.
- Around a thousand people attended.
- An adult elephant weighs around five tons.
- From place to place.
- There are rumors going around that the company is bankrupt.
- Look around and see what you find.
- From one state or condition to an opposite or very different one; with a metaphorical change in direction; bringing about awareness or agreement.
- The team wasn't doing well, but the new coach really turned things around.
- He used to stay up late but his new girlfriend changed that around.
- So as to partially or completely rotate; so as to face in the opposite direction.
- Turn around at the end of this street.
- She spun around a few times.
- Used with verbs to indicate repeated or continuous action, or in numerous locations or with numerous people.
- I asked around, and no-one really liked it.
- Shopping around can get you a better deal.
- Used with certain verbs to suggest unproductive activity.
- sit around, mess around, loaf around
around meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Telugu and Malayalam
around in Hindi
- near
- ... के आस-पास ... ke ās-pās
around in Marathi
- आजूबाजूला
around in Telugu
- చుట్టూ
around in Malayalam
- ചുറ്റും, ചുറ്റുപാടും
More languagesFewer languages
- around in Kannada
- ಸುತ್ತಲೂ, ಸುತ್ತಮುತ್ತ, ಸುತ್ತಮುತ್ತಲೂ
- around in Punjabi
- ਆਲੇ-ਦੁਆਲੇ, ਆਲੇ ਦੁਆਲੇ
- around in Odia
- ଚାରିପାଖରେ, ଚାରିପଟେ
- around in Sanskrit
- परि pári
- around in Assamese
- চাৰিওফাল sariüphal
- around in Nepali
- वरिपरि
- around in Arabic
- حَوْلَ ḥawla, بِالْقُرْب bi-l-qurbi, قُرْبَ qurba, مَوْجُود mawjūd
- around in Persian
- دور dowr
Examples of around in a sentence
- The jackals began to gather around the carcass.
- I don't want you around me.
- She went around the office and got everyone to sign the card.
- The estate agent showed me around the property.
- We moved the furniture around in the living room.
- The patient was unconscious but the doctor brought him around quickly.
Synonyms of around
Forms of around
| alternative form | round |
|---|---|
| alternative form | ron |
| alternative contraction | 'round |
| alternative form (obsolete) | arownd |
Origin of around
From Middle English around, arounde, from a- (from Old English a- (“on, at”)) + Middle English round (“circle, round”) borrowed from French, equivalent to a- + round. Cognate with Scots aroond, aroon (“around”). Displaced earlier Middle English umbe, embe (“around”) (from Old English ymbe (“around”)).
Words formed from around
- kick around
- know one's way around
- look around
- mill around
- move around
- pass around
- push around
- show around
- walk around
- around about
- around and around
- arse around
- ask around
- balls around
- bandy around
- bang around
- bomb around
- bounce around
- bum around
- busy around
- call around
- cast around
- cat around
- clown around
- dick around
- dog around
- doss around
- faff around
- fall around
- fanny around
- fart around
- feel around
- ferret around
- fiddle around
- flash around
- float around
- footle around
- futz around
- get around to
- go around in circles
- haul around
- jack around
- jerk around
- joke around
- jump around
- keep around
- kid around
- knock around
- laze around
- louse around
- money makes the world go around
- mope around
- muck around
- nose around
- pal around
- piss around
- pitch around
- poke around
- poling around
- potter around
Phrases with around
- be around
- go around
- is around
- all around
- bat around
- bop around
- dig around
- dug around
- get around
- got around
- hoe around
- lay around
140 more phrasesFewer phrases
- leg around
- lie around
- put around
- ran around
- run around
- sat around
- sit around
- was around
- win around
- won around
- around back
- asks around
- bats around
- bops around
- boss around
- bums around
- bust around
- came around
- cats around
- come around
- crap around
- digs around
- dogs around
- fell around
- felt around
- fool around
- frig around
- fuck around
- fuss around
- gets around
- goes around
- gone around
- goof around
- hack around
- hand around
- hang around
- hell around
- hoed around
- hoes around
- hung around
- jazz around
- jive around
- kept around
- kids around
- kite around
- lain around
- lark around
- legs around
- lies around
- loaf around
- loll around
- lush around
- mess around
- pals around
- play around
- prat around
- puts around
- putz around
- rang around
- ring around
- roll around
- root around
- rung around
- runs around
- send around
- sent around
- shop around
- shot around
- sits around
- slap around
- slob around
- talk around
- tool around
- toss around
- turn around
- twat around
- wait around
- wasp around
- went around
- wins around
- work around
- wrap around
- yank around
- arsed around
- arses around
- asked around
- bangs around
- being around
- bombs around
- bring around
- busts around
- calls around
- casts around
- comes around
- craps around
- dance around
- dicks around
- faffs around
- falls around
- farts around
- feels around
- flute around
- fools around
- frigs around
- fucks around
- going around
- goofs around
- hacks around
- hands around
- hangs around
- hauls around
- hedge around
- hells around
- honey around
- horse around
- jacks around
- jerks around
- jived around
- jives around
- joked around
- jokes around
- jumps around
- keeps around
- kicks around
- kited around
- kites around
- larks around
- lazed around
- lazes around
- loafs around
- lolls around
- looks around
- lying around
- mills around
- moped around
- mopes around
- mouse around
- moved around
- moves around
- mucks around
Words that rhyme with around
45 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- bound
- hound
- profound
- impound
- unbound
- underground
- crowned
- found
- remound
- surround
- unsound
- aground
- embrowned
- expound
- gound
- overground
- sqround
- surround sound
- unconfound
- uncrowned
- astound
- baffound
- below ground
- blound
- browned
- charging the mound
- clowned
- downed
- drowned
- found sound
- frowned
- gowned
- interwound
- lb
- newfound
- overwound
- playaround
- reground
- renowned
- rewound
- unfound
- unrenowned
- unwound
- wound
- York round
Questions about around
- What does around mean?
- Around means forming a circle or closed curve containing (something).
- What is around in Hindi?
- Around in Hindi is ... के आस-पास (... ke ās-pās). See Around meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use around in a sentence?
- The jackals began to gather around the carcass.
- What part of speech is around?
- Around can be a preposition, an adjective or an adverb.
- How do you pronounce around?
- Around is pronounced /əˈɹaʊnd/ (UK).
Words near around in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: around (page history and authors); around (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); around (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); around (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); around (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); around (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); around (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); around (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-us-around.ogg.
Cite this entry: “around.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/around. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.