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—roundness, n.adj.1. having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.2. ring-shaped, as a hoop.3. curved like part of a circle, as an outline.4. having a circular cross section, as a cylinder; cylindrical.5. spherical or globular, as a ball.6. shaped more or less like a part of a sphere; hemispherical.7. free from angularity; consisting of full, curved lines or shapes, as handwriting or parts of the body.8. executed with or involving circular motion.9. full, complete, or entire: a round dozen.10. noting, formed, or expressed by an integer or whole number with no fraction.11. expressed, given, or exact to the nearest multiple or power of ten; in tens, hundreds, thousands, or the like: in round numbers.12. roughly correct; approximate: a round guess.13. considerable in amount; ample: a round sum of money.14. brought to completeness or perfection.15. full and sonorous, as sound.16. vigorous or brisk: a round trot.17. straightforward, plain, or candid; outspoken: a round scolding.18. positive or unqualified: a round assertion.n.19. any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere.20. a circular, ring-shaped, curved, or spherical object; a rounded form.21. something circular in cross section, as a rung of a ladder or chair.22. Sometimes, rounds. a completed course of time, series of events or operations, etc., ending at a point corresponding to that at the beginning: We waited through the round of many years.23. any complete course, series, or succession: The strike was settled after a long round of talks; a round of parties.24. Often, rounds. a going around from place to place, as in a habitual or definite circuit: a doctor's rounds.25. a completed course or spell of activity, commonly one of a series, in some play or sport: the second round of a tournament.26. a recurring period of time, succession of events, duties, etc.: the daily round.27. an entire range: the round of human capabilities.28. a single outburst, as of applause or cheers.29. a single discharge of shot by each of a number of guns, rifles, etc.30. a single discharge by one firearm.31. a charge of ammunition for a single shot.32. a single serving, esp. of drink, made more or less simultaneously to everyone present, as at table or at a bar: The next round is on me.34. movement in a circle or around an axis.35. Cookery.a. Also, round of beef. the portion of the thigh of beef below the rump and above the leg. See diag. under beef.36. a slice, as of bread.37. Archery. a specified number of arrows shot from a specified distance from the target in accordance with the rules.38. one of a series of three-minute periods making up a boxing match: a 15-round bout.39. Music.a. a short, rhythmical canon at the unison, in which the several voices enter at equally spaced intervals of time.b. rounds, the order followed in ringing a peal of bells in diatonic sequence from the highest to the lowest.40. Golf. a playing of the complete course.41. Cards. a division of play in a game, consisting of a turn each for every player to bid, bet, play a card, deal the cards, or be dealt cards.a. (of a theater) having a stage completely surrounded by seats for the audience.b. in the style of theater-in-the-round: The play should be done in the round.c. in complete detail; from all aspects: a character as seen in the round.d. (of sculpture) not attached to a supporting background; freestanding.43. make the rounds,a. to go from one place to another, as in making deliveries, paying social visits, or seeking employment.b. Also, go the rounds. to be reported or told; circulate: another rumor making the rounds.adv.44. throughout or from the beginning to the end of a recurring period of time: all year round.45. Also, 'round. around: The music goes round and round.prep.46. throughout (a period of time): a resort visited all round the year.47. around: It happened round noon.v.t.48. to make round.49. to free from angularity; fill out symmetrically; make plump.50. to bring to completeness or perfection; finish.51. Jewelry. to form (a gem) roughly (sometimes fol. by up); girdle.52. to end (a sentence, paragraph, etc.) with something specified: He rounded his speech with a particularly apt quotation.53. to encircle or surround.54. to make a complete circuit of; pass completely around.55. to make a turn or partial circuit around or to the other side of: to round a corner.56. to cause to move in a circle; turn around.57. Phonet.58. Math. to replace by the nearest multiple of 10, with 5 being increased to the next highest multiple: 15,837 can be rounded to 15,840; then to 15,800; then to 16,000.v.i.59. to become round.60. to become free from angularity; become plump.61. to develop to completeness or perfection.62. to take a circular course; make a circuit, as a guard.63. to make a turn or partial circuit around something.64. to turn around as on an axis: to round on one's heels.65. to reduce successively the number of digits to the right of the decimal point of a mixed number by dropping the final digit and adding 1 to the next preceding digit if the dropped digit was 5 or greater, or leaving the preceding digit unchanged if the dropped digit was 4 or less.66. round off,a. to complete or perfect; finish.b. to express as a round number, usually to the nearest multiple of 10.67. round out,a. to complete or perfect: The new coin rounded out his collection.b. to fill out; become rounder: She rounded out so nicely that everyone soon forgot she had been so ill.69. round up,b. to assemble; gather: to round up all the suspects in an investigation.[1250-1300; (adj.) ME rond, round < OF, s. of ront, earlier reont < L rotundus round, circular (see ROTUND); (n.) ME, partly deriv. of the adj., partly < OF rond, ronde (deriv. of ront); (v.) ME, deriv. of the adj.; (adv. and prep.) ME, appar. aph. var. of AROUND]round2/rownd/, v.t., v.i. Archaic.to whisper.[bef. 1000; ME rounen, OE runian, deriv. of run a secret, RUNE1]
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▪ musicin music, a polyphonic vocal composition in which three or four voices follow each other around in a perpetual canon at the unison or octave. The catch is a particular type of round.* * *
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