around

About 220.97 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. preposition Forming a circle or closed curve containing (something).

   She wore a gold chain around her neck.

2. preposition Centred upon; surrounding; regarding.

   We could use some clarification around the new rules.

3. preposition Following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point.

   We walked around the football field.

4. preposition Following a path which curves near an object, with the object on the inside of the curve.

   The road took a brief detour around the large rock formation, then went straight on.

5. preposition Near; in the vicinity of; approximately.

   I left my keys somewhere around here.

6. preposition At or to various places within or throughout.

   The pages from the notebook were scattered around the room.

7. preposition So as to avoid something.

   Our product designs around the existing patents to avoid infringing them.

8. adjective Present in the vicinity.

   Is Clare around today?

Similar words

about just about close to more or less approximately some roughly round or so closely

Often followed by

the him her a and them to his in