all-rounder

all-round·er

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [awl roun-der]
- /ɔl ˈraʊn dər/
- /ɔːl raʊnd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [awl roun-der]
- /ɔl ˈraʊn dər/

Definitions of all-rounder word

countable noun all-rounder Someone who is an all-rounder is good at a lot of different skills, academic subjects, or sports. 3
noun all-rounder a versatile person, esp in a sport 3
noun all-rounder a person who is skilled in many different areas, esp. in all aspects of a sport, as cricket 3
noun all-rounder a person of great versatility or wide-ranging skills: The job needs an all-rounder who knows sales, accounting, and something about computers. 1
noun all-rounder (chiefly Britain) A versatile person, able to do many things well; used especially in reference to being good at various sports. 0
noun all-rounder (cricket) A player who is skilled in both batting and bowling. 0

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Origin of all-rounder

First appearance:

before 1855

One of the 30% newest English words

1855-60; all (a)round + -er1

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Parts of speech for All-rounder

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of All-rounder

all-rounder popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.