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Meaning of around

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  around
      adv 1: in the area or vicinity; "a few spectators standing
             about"; "hanging around"; "waited around for the next
             flight" [syn: {about}, {around}]
      2: by a circular or circuitous route; "He came all the way
         around the base"; "the road goes around the pond"
      3: used of movement to or among many different places or in no
         particular direction; "wandering about with no place to go";
         "people were rushing about"; "news gets around (or about)";
         "traveled around in Asia"; "he needs advice from someone
         who's been around"; "she sleeps around" [syn: {about},
         {around}]
      4: in a circle or circular motion; "The wheels are spinning
         around"
      5: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct;
         "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute";
         "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand";
         "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came";
         "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3
         gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party"
         [syn: {approximately}, {about}, {close to}, {just about},
         {some}, {roughly}, {more or less}, {around}, {or so}]
      6: in or to a reversed position or direction; "about face";
         "suddenly she turned around" [syn: {about}, {around}]
      7: to a particular destination either specified or understood;
         "she came around to see me"; "I invited them around for
         supper"
      8: all around or on all sides; "dirty clothes lying around (or
         about)"; "let's look about for help"; "There were trees
         growing all around"; "she looked around her" [syn: {about},
         {around}]
      9: in circumference; "the trunk is ten feet around"; "the pond
         is two miles around"
      10: from beginning to end; throughout; "It rains all year round
          on Skye"; "frigid weather the year around" [syn: {round},
          {around}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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