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round about1 (raʊnd əˈbaʊt) 

Definitions

adverb

  1. on all sides ⇒ What do the people round about think?
  2. (British, spoken) approximately ⇒ The major heart surgery commenced at round about a quarter to eleven.

round about2 (raʊnd əˈbaʊt) 

Definitions

preposition

  1. on all sides of ⇒ The flaming fire was round about him.
  2. (British, spoken) approximately ⇒ Round about nine o'clock they ran out of money.

Example Sentences Including 'round about'

"That's stalwart Joan Priest, ending her memoirs of her artistic life in Brisbane and round about , The Literary Precipice.
Misc (1999)
He often found himself waiting for Neeta outside the store and round about the fourth time, she started coming on to him.
Pacter, Trudi Yellow Bird
He said of ScotProv:'We have had a number of resignations and leavers round about the completion date.
Glasgow Herald (2001)
He was originally seeking 2 million, but now admits: "It's round about what we needed.
Yachting Boating World (2004)
There wasn't a bike for hire anywhere round about the Creagorry Hotel on the south end of Benbecula, where I was staying.
Somerville, Christopher The Other British Isles
This increase will probably find its way into the hospitals round about next election time.
Sun, News of the World (2002)
When he knelt down he examined the ground round about , but he saw no footsteps in the dust.
Kerr, Katharine A Time of War
`I've got it, sir - I know how the word got round about Larner's car.
Hilton, John Buxton Passion in the Peak

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