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{
"term": "round",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "having a shape like a circle or a ball",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a round plate"
},
{
"text": "These glasses suit people with round faces."
},
{
"text": "The fruit are small and round."
},
{
"text": "Rugby isn't played with a round ball."
},
{
"text": "the discovery that the world is round"
},
{
"text": "The child was watching it all with big round eyes *(= showing interest)*."
},
{
"text": "a T-shirt with a round neck"
},
{
"text": "a coin with a round hole in the centre"
},
{
"text": "The tower was perfectly round."
},
{
"text": "They sat at a large round table."
}
],
"topics": ["Colours and Shapes"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "having a curved shape",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "the round green hills of Donegal"
},
{
"text": "Put both the surname and publication date in round brackets."
},
{
"text": "She had a small mouth and round pink cheeks."
},
{
"text": "Choose shoes with a flat sole and round toes."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a round figure or amount is one that is given as a whole number, usually one ending in 0",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Make it a round figure—say forty dollars."
},
{
"text": "Two thousand is a nice **round number**—put that down."
},
{
"text": "Well, **in round figures** *(= not giving the exact figures)* we've spent twenty thousand so far."
},
{
"text": "The total was a round $30 million in Australian dollars."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/raʊnd/",
"audio": "ro/round/round__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/raʊnd/",
"audio": "ro/round/round__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from the Old French stem round-, from a variant of Latin rotundus ‘rotund’."
}