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around

вокруг

Meaning of around

on all sides or near something

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EN-UK/əˈraʊnd/
EN-US/əˈraʊnd/
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around usage examples

🇩🇪DE🇬🇧EN

Children ran around the playground.

🇩🇪DE🇬🇧EN

There are trees around the lake.

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aroundum ... herum
inin
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underunter
afternach
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around synonyms

Related words worth learning together

round
British form of 'around'; often sounds more UK than US
near
means close to something, not surrounding it
about
usually means approximately; with place, can mean around/on all sides in some contexts
in the vicinity of
formal phrase meaning near a place; more precise and less common than 'around'
amid
means in the middle of or surrounded by things; more literary/formal than 'around'
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🇬🇧en

British form of 'around'; often sounds more UK than US

A2Often

We sat round the table.

🇬🇧en

means close to something, not surrounding it

A2Very Often

The shop is near the station.

🇬🇧en

usually means approximately; with place, can mean around/on all sides in some contexts

A2Very Often

There were about ten people there.

I
🇬🇧en
in the vicinity of

formal phrase meaning near a place; more precise and less common than 'around'

A2Rarely

The accident happened in the vicinity of the bridge.

A
🇬🇧en
amid

means in the middle of or surrounded by things; more literary/formal than 'around'

A2Rarely

He stood amid the crowd.

🇬🇧en

means next to or together with something, not all around it

A2Often

Park the car alongside the wall.

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around meaning: what does it mean?

on all sides or near something

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around is pronounced as /əˈraʊnd/. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.

around definition and sentence examples: how is it used in a sentence?

Children ran around the playground. Translation: Дети бегали вокруг площадки.

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