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1round Listen to audio/ˈraʊnd/ adjective
round·er; round·est
[also more round; most round] 1 : shaped like a circle or ball
The Earth is round. little round meatballs a round table The baby has a round face. the owl's big, round eyes
2 : shaped like a cylinder
a round peg
3 : having curves rather than angles
He has round shoulders. a shirt with a round collar The corners are round. the plant's round leaves
4 : slightly fat : plump
a large, round man his big, round belly
5 always used before a noun a A round number is a whole number that often ends in 0 or 5 and that is used instead of a more exact number.
The total actually came to $33.02, but the cashier made it a round $33. In round numbers/figures, the cost of the project adds up to two million dollars. How much do you want for it? How about 50 dollars? That's a nice round number.

b : exact or complete
a round dozen/million
— round·ness Listen to audio /ˈraʊndnəs/ noun [noncount]
the perfect roundness of the stone

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