Topic: around
Definition:

  • in the area or vicinity
  • "a few spectators standing about"
  • "hanging around"
  • "waited around for the next flight" by a circular or circuitous route
  • "He came all the way around the base"
  • "the road goes around the pond" 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" in a circle or circular motion
  • "The wheels are spinning around" (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" in or to a reversed position or direction
  • "about face"
  • "suddenly she turned around" to a particular destination either specified or understood
  • "she came around to see me"
  • "I invited them around for supper" 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" in circumference
  • "the trunk is ten feet around"
  • "the pond is two miles around" from beginning to end
  • throughout
  • "It rains all year round on Skye"
  • "frigid weather the year around"

    Related tag cloud:

  • uk
  • in
  • organisations
  • locate
  • area
  • ukshop
  • find
  • societies
  • local
  • clubs
  • charities
  • news
  • services
  • information
  • shops
  • businesses
  • united kingdom
  • schools
  • shopping
  • gifts
  • england
  • Resources:

    Oxford University Computing Services - users.ox.ac.uk
    Student Computer Users Group links to societies and personal pages.
    http://users.ox.ac.uk/

    The International Council of Museums
    Promotion and development of museums and museum professionals at an international level.
    http://www.icom.org

    Pennsylvania State University
    Department of Mathematics
    http://www.math.psu.edu/

    Electoral Web Sites (compiled by Wilfried Derksen)
    Elections around the world. Parliaments around the world. The Electoral Calendar. Worldwide directory of parties. A liberal bibliography. Liberal and centrist addresses. Lexicon of liberalism.
    http://www.electionworld.org/

    Around Alone Race
    Find statistics, history, an itinerary, rules, and information on the competitors in this year long race run every three years.
    http://www.aroundalone.com/