around (redirected from been around)

a·round  (-round)

adv.

1.

a. On all sides: dirty clothes lying around.

b. In close to all sides from all directions: a field bordered around with tall trees.

2. In a circle or with a circular motion: spun around twice.

3. In circumference or perimeter: a pond two miles around.

4. In succession or rotation: passed the collection plate around; seasons that rolled around each year.

5. In or toward the opposite direction or position: wheeled around to face the attacker.

6.

a. To or among various places; here and there: wander around.

b. To a specific place: Come around again sometime.

7. In or near one's current location: waited around for the next flight.

8. From the beginning to the end: frigid weather the year around.

9. Approximately; about: weighed around 30 pounds; around $1.3 billion in debt.

prep.

1. On all sides of: trees around the field.

2. In such a position as to encircle or surround: a sash around the waist.

3.

a. Here and there within; throughout: on the political stump around the country.

b. In the immediate vicinity of; near: She lives around Norfolk.

4. On or to the farther side of: the house around the corner.

5. So as to pass, bypass, or avoid: a way around an obstacle; got around the difficulty somehow.

6. Approximately at: woke up around seven.

7. In such a way as to have a basis or center in: an economy focused around farming and light industry.

adj.

1. Being in existence: Our old dog is no longer around.

2. Being in evidence; present: asked if the store manager was around.

Idiom:

been around Informal

Had many and varied experiences; been experienced in the ways of the world: a young executive who has been around.

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[Middle English : probably a-, in; see a-² + round, circle; see round¹.]

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around [əˈraʊnd]

prep

1. situated at various points in a lot of shelves around the house

2. from place to place in driving around Ireland

3. somewhere in or near to stay around the house

4. approximately in it happened around 1957, I think

adv

1. in all directions from a point of reference he owns the land for ten miles around

2. in the vicinity, esp restlessly but idly to wait around stand around

3. here and there; in no particular place or direction dotted around

4. Informal (of people) active and prominent in a particular area or profession some pop stars are around for only a few years

5. Informal present in some place (the exact location being inexact) he's around here somewhere

6. Informal in circulation; available that type of phone has been around for some years now

7. Informal to many places, so as to have gained considerable experience, often of a worldly or social nature he gets around I've been around

[C17 (rare earlier): from a-² + round]

Usage: In American English, around is usually used instead of round in adverbial and prepositional senses, except in a few fixed phrases such as all year round. The use of around in adverbial senses is less common in British English

Thesaurus

Adv.	1.	around - in the area or vicinity; "a few spectators standing about"; "hanging around"; "waited around for the next flight" about
	2.	around - by a circular or circuitous route; "He came all the way around the base"; "the road goes around the pond"
	3.	around - 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" about
	4.	around - in a circle or circular motion; "The wheels are spinning around"
	5.	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" about, approximately, close to, just about, more or less, or so, roughly, some
	6.	around - in or to a reversed position or direction; "about face"; "suddenly she turned around" about
	7.	around - to a particular destination either specified or understood; "she came around to see me"; "I invited them around for supper"
	8.	around - 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" about
	9.	around - in circumference; "the trunk is ten feet around"; "the pond is two miles around"
	10.	around - from beginning to end; throughout; "It rains all year round on Skye"; "frigid weather the year around" round

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around

preposition

1. surrounding, about, enclosing, encompassing, framing, encircling, on all sides of, on every side of, environing a prosperous suburb built around a new mosque

2. approximately, about, nearly, close to, roughly, just about, in the region of, circa (used with dates), in the vicinity of, not far off, in the neighbourhood of My salary was around £19,000.

3. about, all over, everywhere in I've been walking around Moscow and the town is terribly quiet.

adverb

1. in the opposite direction, the other way I turned around and wrote the title on the board.

2. everywhere, about, throughout, all over, here and there, on all sides, in all directions, to and fro What are you doing following me around?

3. near, close, nearby, handy, at hand, close by, close at hand It's important to have lots of people around.

Related words
prefix circum-

Translations

around [əˈraʊnd]

When around is an element in a phrasal verb, eg look around, move around, potter around, look up the verb.

A. ADV → alrededor, en los alrededores
is he around? → ¿está por aquí?
there's a lot of flu around → hay mucha gripe por ahí
all around → por todos lados
she's been around (= travelled) → ha viajado mucho, ha visto mucho mundo (pej) (= experienced) → se las sabe todas
around here → por aquí
is there a chemist's around here? → ¿hay alguna farmacia por aquí?
we're looking around for a house → estamos buscando casa
for miles around → en muchas millas a la redonda
he must be somewhere around → debe de estar por aquí

B. PREP

1. → alrededor de
she wore a scarf around her neck → llevaba una bufanda alrededor del cuello
she ignored the people around her → ignoró a la gente que estaba a su alrededor
to wander around the town → pasearse por la ciudad
there were books all around the house → había libros en todas partes de la casa or por toda la casa
to go around the world → dar la vuelta al mundo
see also round, corner

2. (= approximately) → aproximadamente, alrededor de
it costs around £100 → cuesta alrededor de or aproximadamente 100 libras
around 50 → 50 más o menos
he must be around 50 → debe de tener unos 50 años
around 1950 → alrededor de 1950, hacia 1950
around two o'clock → a eso de las dos

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around [əˈraʊnd]

adv

(= surrounding) → autour, tout autour

(= nearby) → dans les parages
Is he around? → Est-il dans les parages?, Est-il là?
around here → près d'ici
Is there a chemist's around here? → Est-ce qu'il y a une pharmacie près d'ici?
He lives around here → Il habite près d'ici.
BUT Il habite dans les parages.

to have been around
He has been around → Il a du vécu. >

all around (= for everyone)
It would be better all around → Ça vaudrait mieux pour tout le monde.

prep

(= surrounding) → autour de
She wore a scarf around her neck → Elle portait une écharpe autour du cou.
It measures fifteen feet around the trunk
BUT Le tronc mesure quinze mètres de circonférence.

(= approximately) → environ, à peu près; (with expressions of time) → vers
It costs around £100 → Cela coûte environ cent livres.
Let's meet at around 8 p.m → Retrouvons-nous vers vingt heures.
He was born around 1900
BUT Il est né aux alentours de 1900.

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around

adv → herum, rum (inf); a house with gardens all around → ein von Gärten umgebenes Haus, ein Haus mit Gärten ringsherum; I looked all around → ich sah mich nach allen Seiten um; books lying all around → überall herumliegende Bücher; they came from all around → sie kamen aus allen Richtungen or von überall her; slowly, he turned around → er drehte sich langsam um; for miles around → meilenweit im Umkreis; to stroll/travel around → herumschlendern/-reisen; is he around? → ist er da?; if you want me I’ll be around → ich bin da, falls du mich brauchst; he must be around somewhere → er muss hier irgendwo sein or stecken (inf); I didn’t know you were around → ich wusste nicht, dass du hier bist; he’s been around! → der kennt sich aus!; it’s been around for ages → das ist schon uralt; he’s been around for ages (inf) → der ist schon ewig hier (inf); see you around! (inf) → also, bis demnächst!, bis bald!; where have you been? — (just) around → wo warst du? — weg!

prep

(= right round) (movement, position) → um; (in a circle) → um, … herum

(= in, through) to wander around the city → durch die Stadt spazieren; to travel around Scotland → durch Schottland reisen; to talk around a subject → um ein Thema herumreden; to be or stay around the house → zu Hause bleiben; I left it around your office somewhere → ich habe es irgendwo in deinem Büro gelassen; the paper must be around here somewhere → die Zeitung muss hier irgendwo (he)rumliegen; the church must be around here somewhere → die Kirche muss hier irgendwo sein

(= approximately) (with date) → um; (with time of day) → gegen; (with weight, price) → etwa, um die (inf) ? also round

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around [əˈraʊnd]

1. adv

a. (place) → attorno, intorno
for miles around → nel raggio di molte miglia
he must be somewhere around → dev'essere qui in giro or nei paraggi
do you know your way around? → conosci il luogo?, sai come muoverti qui attorno?

b. (approximately) → all'incirca, circa
around 10 o'clock → verso le 10
around 50 → circa 50

2. prep → intorno a
it's just around the corner → è appena girato l'angolo
I've travelled around the country → ho girato tutto il paese

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around

prepositio / adv around [əˈraund]

1 on all sides of or in a circle about (a person, thing etc) Flowers grew around the tree; They danced around the fire; There were flowers all around. rondom حَوْل навсякъде kolem rundt om um...herum γύρω από alrededor de ümber, ümberringi دور تا دور؛ در اطراف ympärillä autour, alentour מִסָבִיב इधर-उधर okolo (körös-)körül di sekitar, sekeliling umhverfis intorno ～の回りに 빙 둘러싸고 aplink apkārt keliling rond; rondom rundt (omkring) dookoła à volta în jur(ul) вокруг okolo okrog, naokrog naokolo runt [], överallt รอบ ๆ etrafında, çevresinde 在...周圍 навкруги ارد گرد khắp xung quanh 在...周围

2 here and there (in a house, room etc) Clothes had been left lying around (the house); I wandered around. rond هُنا وَهُناك наоколо sem a tam rundt i; rundt omkring herum τριγύρω por ahí laiali, ringi پیرائمون؛ اطراف siellä täällä ici et là מִסָבִיב इधर-उधर naokolo mindenfelé di sana-sini á víð og dreif um, í kringum intorno, nei paraggi あちらこちらに 여기저기에 po visapkārt sana sini rond rundt omkring tu i tam por ái peste tot (prin); pe ici, pe colo кругом, повсюду sem a tam sem ter tja svuda naokolo här och där, runt โดยรอบ her tarafta, orada burada 在...四周 всюди, скрізь ادھر ادھر loanh quanh 在...各处

prep

near to (a time, place etc) around three o'clock. ongeveer حَوالَي، تَقْريباً около kolem, přibližně omkring um...herum γύρω σε alrededor de, sobre, cerca de umbes در حدود lähellä vers, aux alentours de בְּסבִיבוֹת करीब oko körülbelül, körül kira-kira um verso およそ 대략 apie ap hampir rond rundt, omkring około cerca de pe la; în jurul около okolo, asi okoli oko runt, omkring ราว ๆ aşağı yukarı, civarında, sırasında 大約 біля, близько تقریباً gần 大约

adv

1 in the opposite direction Turn around! om في الجِهَة المُعاكِسَه обратно dozadu, čelem vzad rundt herum αντίστροφα, προς την αντίθετη μεριά media vuelta ümber چزخش به یک طرف vastakkaisessa suunnassa demi-tour לְאָחוֹר पीछे na drugu stranu ellenkező irányba(n) berputar, pada arah yang berlawanan snúa (sér) við dietro front ぐるっと向きを変えて 방향을 한 바퀴 바꾸어 aplink apkārt pusing belakang om rundt dookoła ao contrário în sens opus обратно, назад čelom vzad naokrog u suprotnom pravcu runt, om ในทางตรงข้าม zıt yönde 往相反方向 кругом! الٹا xoay 180 độ 向相反方向

2 near-by If you need me, I'll be somewhere around. in die omgewing قِريب، عَلى مَقْرُبَه наблизо v okolí, nedaleko i nærheden in der Nähe κοντά cerca läheduses همین حوالی؛ حول و حوش lähistöllä dans les parages בַּסבִיבָה निकट u blizini közel dekat hérna, nærri nei paraggi 近くに 근처에서 netoliese tuvumā berhampiran in de buurt i nærheten w pobliżu por perto prin împrejurimi поблизости nablízku v bližini u blizini i närheten ใกล้ ๆ yakında (bir yerde) 在附近 поблизу, неподалік قریب ہی ، نزدیک gần đây 在附近

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around → حول, في مكان قريب kolem, u omkring, rundt om rundherum, um, um … herum γύρω, περί, περίπου alrededor, alrededor de ympäri, ympärillä autour, autour de naokolo, oko circa, intorno, intorno a ･･･を囲んで, あちこち, 周りに ...의 주위에, …동안 내내, 주위에 rond, rondom omkring, rundt, rundt (om) dookoła, wokół à volta de, ao redor, ao redor de вокруг, всюду omkring, runt ซึ่งเคลื่อนเป็นวงกลม, ประมาณ, รอบๆ etrafında, etrafını, yakınında khoảng, vòng quanh, xung quanh 周围, 四处, 围着