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round down

round down verb: to round (a number) to the greatest integer that is not greater than it, or to some other lower value, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.

Verb

round down (third-person singular simple present rounds down, present participle rounding down, simple past and past participle rounded down)

  1. (transitive) To round (a number) to the greatest integer that is not greater than it, or to some other lower value, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.
    • The total is $25,715, but to keep the figures simple, I'll round it down to $25,000.
    Antonyms:
    round up

Antonyms of round down

Forms of round down

third-person singular presentrounds down
present participlerounding down
past participlerounded down
pastrounded down

Questions about round down

What does round down mean?
Round down means to round (a number) to the greatest integer that is not greater than it, or to some other lower value, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.
What part of speech is round down?
Round down is a verb.
What is the past tense of round down?
The past tense of round down is rounded down.

Words near round down in the dictionary

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  2. round clam
  3. round clams
  4. round dance
  5. round dances
  6. round down
  7. round file
  8. round files
  9. round game
  10. round games
  11. round girl

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