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rounds down

rounds down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of round down.

Meaning of round down

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

Questions about rounds down

What is rounds down the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rounds down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of round down.

Words near rounds down in the dictionary

  1. roundpole fence
  2. roundpole fences
  3. roundrect
  4. roundrects
  5. rounds
  6. rounds down
  7. rounds in
  8. rounds of applause
  9. rounds of beef
  10. rounds off
  11. rounds on

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