1. In the area or vicinity
   "hanging around"; "waited around for the next flight";
   - about
    
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
   "news gets around"; "travelled around in Asia"; "he needs advice from someone who's been around"; "she sleeps around";
   - about
    
4. In a circle or circular motion
   "The wheels are spinning around"
    
5. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
   "weighs around a hundred pounds";
   - approximately, about, close to, just about, some, roughly, more or less, or so, loosely
    
6. In or to a reversed position or direction
   "suddenly she turned around";
   - about
    
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"; "There were trees growing all around"; "she looked around her";
   - about
    
9. In circumference
   "the trunk is ten feet around"; "the pond is two miles around"
    
10. From beginning to end; throughout
    "frigid weather the year around";
    - round

1. Approximately (especially of a date)
   "the church was built around 1840";
   - circa
    
2. On all sides; so as to encircle
   "The children danced around the maypole";
   - round
    
3. In the whole extent of; everywhere
   "climate change will be a problem around the world";
   - throughout, over, all over, all around, across, round

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