around

  1. Preposition.  Defining a circle or closed curve containing a thing.
  2. Preposition.  Following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point.
  3. Preposition.  Following a path which curves near an object, with the object on the inside of the curve.
  4. Preposition.  (context, of distance, time) Near; in the vicinity of.
  5. Preposition.  At various places in.
  6. Adjective.  (informal, with the verb "to be") Alive; existing.
  7. Adverb.  Generally.
  8. Adverb.  From place to place, or from one place to another.
  9. Adverb.  (context, with '''turn''', '''spin'''{{,) etc.}} Partially or completely rotated, including to face in the opposite direction.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.