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- [round out]
- /raʊnd aʊt/
- /raʊnd ˈaʊt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [round out]
- /raʊnd aʊt/
Definitions of round out words
- adjective round out having a flat, circular surface, as a disk. 1
- adjective round out ring-shaped, as a hoop. 1
- adjective round out curved like part of a circle, as an outline. 1
- adjective round out having a circular cross section, as a cylinder; cylindrical. 1
- adjective round out spherical or globular, as a ball. 1
- adjective round out shaped more or less like a part of a sphere; hemispherical. 1
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Origin of round out
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; (adj.) Middle English rond, round < Old French, stem of ront, earlier reont < Latin rotundus round, circular (see rotund); (noun) Middle English, partly derivative of the adj., partly < Old French rond, ronde (derivative of ront); (v.) Middle English, derivative of the adj.; (adv. and preposition) Middle English, apparently aphetic variant of around
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Parts of speech for Round out
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
round out popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
round out usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for round out
verb round out
- bellied — having a belly, esp. of a specified kind
- blistered — a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- call it a day — If you call it a day, you decide to stop what you are doing because you are tired of it or because it is not successful.
- carry off — If you carry something off, you do it successfully.
- coarsen — If something coarsens or is coarsened, it becomes thicker or rougher in texture.
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