1. наречие 1) вокруг, кругом; повсюду Например: the fountain, where they were sitting around — фонтан, вокруг которого они сидели Синоним(ы): everywhere, all over 2) [американский вариант английского языка] в окружности; в обхвате Например: The tree measures four feet around. — Дерево имеет четыре фута в обхвате. 3) [используется в разговорной речи] вблизи, поблизости Например: around here — в этом районе; неподалеку to hang around — находиться поблизости to get / come around — подойти, приблизиться Синоним(ы): close, nearby 2. предлог 1) вокруг Например: around the world — вокруг света 2) около, неподалеку Например: around corner — за углом 3) по, в неопределенном направлении по Например: to walk around the town — гулять по городу 4) около, приблизительно Например: He paid around a hundred roubles. — Он заплатил около ста рублей.
I. adverb Etymology: Middle English, from 1a- + 2round 1. a. in a circle or in circumference Example: the wheel goes around Example: a tree five feet around b. in, along, or through a circuit Example: the road goes around by the lake 2. a. on all or various sides; in every or any direction Example: papers lying around Example: nothing for miles around b. in close from all sides so as to surround Example: people crowded around c. in or near one's present place or situation Example: wait around awhile 3. a. here and there; from one place to another Example: travels around on business b. to a particular place Example: come around for dinner c. — used with some verbs to indicate repeated or continued action Example: always joking around when he should be serious Example: don't play around with your food 4. a. in rotation or succession Example: another winter comes around b. from beginning to end; through Example: mild the year around c. in order Example: the other way around 5. in or to an opposite direction or position Example: turn around 6. with some approach to exactness; approximately Example: cost around $5 II. preposition 1. a. on all sides of b. so as to encircle or enclose Example: seated around the table c. so as to avoid or get past; on or to another side of Example: find a way around their objections Example: went around the lake Example: around the corner d. near Example: lives around Chicago Example: around the turn of the century 2. in all directions outward from Example: look around you 3. here and there in or throughout Example: barnstorming around the country 4. so as to have a center or basis in Example: a society organized around kinship ties III. adjective 1. about 1 Example: has been up and around for two days 2. being in existence, evidence, or circulation Example: the most intelligent of the artists around today — R. M. Coates