Around

Definition: Around

Around

Adverb

1. In the area or vicinity; "a few spectators standing about"; "hanging around"; "waited around for the next flight".

2. By a circular or circuitous route; "He came all the way around the base"; "the road goes around the pond".

3. To or among many different places or in no particular direction; "wandering about with no place to go"; "people were rushing about"; "news gets around (or about)"; "traveled around in Asia"; "he needs advice from someone who's been around"; "she sleeps around".

4. In a circle or circular motion; "The wheels are spinning around".

5. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party".

6. In or to a reversed position or direction; "about face"; "brought the ship about"; "suddenly she turned around".

7. To a particular destination either specified or understood; "she came around to see me"; "I invited them around for supper".

8. All around or on all sides; "dirty clothes lying around (or about)"; "let's look about for help"; "There were trees growing all around"; "she looked around her".

9. In circumference; "the trunk is ten feet around"; "the pond is two miles around".

10. : from beginning to end; throughout; "It rains all year round on Skye"; "frigid weather the year around".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "around" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Tips from 1870

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Around

Circumjacence

Verb: lie around; adVerb: surround, beset, compass, encompass, environ, inclose, enclose, encircle, embrace, circumvent, lap, gird; belt; begird, engird; skirt, twine round; hem in; (circumscribe).

Adverb: around, about; without; on every side; on all sides; right and left, all round, round about.

Direction

Superintend, supervise; overlook, control, keep in order, look after, see to, legislate for; administer, ministrate; matronize; have the care of, have the charge of; be in charge of, have charge of, take the direction; boss, boss one around; pull the strings, pull the wires; rule; (command); have the direction, hold office, hold the portfolio; preside, preside at the board; take the chair, occupy the chair, be in the chair; pull the stroke oar.

Expectation

Expected; Verb: long expected, foreseen; in prospect; Noun: prospective; in one's eye, in one's view, in the horizon, on the horizon, just over the horizon, just around the corner, around the corner; impending; (destiny).

Exteriority

Verb: be exterior; Adjective: lie around.

Imbecility Folly

Trifle, drivel, radoter, dote; ramble; (madness); play the fool, play the monkey, monkey around, fool around; take leave of one's senses (insanity); not see an inch beyond one's nose; stultify oneself; talk nonsense.

Mart

Auction; flea market; yard sale, garage sale; pawn shop; antiques store; second-hand store, second time around shop, thrift shop.

Sexuality

Verb: mate, copulate; make love, have intercourse, fornicate, have sex, do it, sleep together, sleep around, play the field.

Wit

Verb: joke, jest, crack a joke, make a joke, jape, cut jokes; perpetrate a joke; pun, perpetrate a pun; make fun of, make merry with; kid, kid around, fool around; set the table in a roar; (amuse).

Crosswords: Around

Pidgin English (around).

If he honestly thinks that the environmental community is going to whistle a happy tune while rallying support around this pitifully lame mockery of environmental leadership just because he's a nice guy and he's done better than his predecessors, then your boss is the Chief Executive of Fantasyland (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.)

It was rich, almost sweet, like the scent of jasmine and roses around our old courtyard (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

If I didn't know better, I would think you were following me around, Mr. Bond (Tomorrow Never Dies; writing credit: Bruce Feirstein)

You turned around. (Mission: Impossible II; writing credit: Bruce Geller; Ronald D. Moore)

I was walking around, feeling satisfied, can you imagine that (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.)

I won't miss your arms around me (Don't Turn Around; performing artist: Ace Of Base)

Around the world (Around the World (La la la la la); performing artist: ATC)

Gonna rock, gonna rock around the clock tonight ("Rock Around the Clock"; performing artist: Bill Haley & the Comets)

As you sit around feeling sorry for yourself (When I come around; performing artist: Green Day)

We're on our way this time around (This Time Around; performing artist: Hanson)

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. (references; author: Mark Twain)

I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown. (references; author: Woody Allen)

Measure men around the heart. (references; author: Old Proverb)

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. (references; author: unknown)

Is There a Ring of Debris around Uranus? (references; author: unknown)

Around the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran. (references; author: unknown)

Around the World in 80 Days (2003)

All Around Service Girls (1974)

Second Time Around (1974)

Around (1973)

Look What's Going Around... and Around... and Around (1973)

Around The World and Back Again (performing artist: Tom Chapin)

Turn Your Love Around (performing artist: George Benson)

Turn The Beat Around (performing artist: Gloria Estefan)

When I Come Around (performing artist: Green Day)

This Time Around (performing artist: Hanson)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The World Market for Footwear with Leather Outer Soles and Uppers which Consist of Leather Straps across the Instep and around the Big Toe: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• 100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask: With Answers from Top Brokers from Around the Country (reference)

• Martin Yan's Chinatown Cooking: 200 Traditional Recipes from 11 Chinatowns Around the World (reference)

• Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems (reference)

• The Everything Kids' Science Experiments Book: Boil Ice, Float Water, Measure Gravity-Challenge the World Around You! (Everything Kids Series) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Around Europe (reference)

• Around The Bookshops (reference)

• Around The House (reference)

• Around The Rings (reference)

• Around The World (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Around the World with Orson Welles (reference)

• Loving Sex - Sex Around the House (reference)

• The Shop Around the Corner (reference)

• Around the World in 80 Days (reference)

• Sesame Street - Elmo Saves Christmas/Celebrates Around The World (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Fresh Off The Boat (folk music from around the world) (reference)

• String Around Autumn (reference)

• Goin Around the Circles (reference)

• I'll Be Around (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Casper: Friends Around the World (reference)

• Harley Davidson: Race Around the World (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Pacific Coast 3 Diamond Down Around Medium Down Pillow, Queen (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Pictured is a family group of a father, mother and eight children around a piano. One of the younger women is playing the piano and the others are following the music and singing. They raise their hands while singing. It appears to be a family room home setting. These people are a Mormon family. They are presently being studied for their low cancer death rate. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Division of pharmacology, NIH around 1938. Front (l-r): H. Kahler, J. Johnson, M. Smith, C. Voegtlin, W. Earle, M. Maver and H. Bauer. Second: T. Stark, J. Thompson, E. Emmart, M. Farrell, K. Harlow, O. Marshino, Rosen, and C. Wright. Third: C. Doane, R. Boltz, Springstern, M. Feeser, W. Pitkerton, E. Schilling, R. Bishop, M. Goldberg, G. Jarrels and Collison. Fourth: T. Hawkley, S. Rosenthal, R. Holbrook, R. Spencer, E. Davis, B. Westfall, F. Deeds. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Rift Valley Fever (RVF) virus is a member of the genus Phlebovirus in the family Bunyaviridae, first reported in livestock in Kenya around 1900. Credit: CDC.

C. botulinum is a strictly anaerobic bacterium that when grown on egg yolk agar, its colonies will exhibit a lipase reaction, described as the shiny area around each colony. Credit: CDC.

Lunar Prospector in orbit around moon. Credit: NASA.

This Landsat 7 browse image shows the area around New York City including Newark, NJ and Long Island. Credit: NASA.

Ring Around a Galaxy. Credit: NASA.

Cometary Knots Around A Dying Star. Credit: NASA.

This Hubble telescope image of a portion of a vast dust disk around the star Beta Pictoris ... Credit: NASA.

Astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute huddle around monitors to get a glimpse ... Credit: NASA.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

These squadrons would be trained and prepared in their own countries, but would move around in rotation from one country to another. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe--the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Beneath, around, and far as eye could see, Squadron on squadron, stretched opposing hosts, Ranked as for battle, mute and motionless

If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.

One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them

Clergymen paused in the street to address words of exhortation, that brought a crowd, with its mingled grin and frown, around the poor, sinful woman

When she saw that she could no longer dress her hair, she began to look with hatred on all around her.

Stephen paused and, though his companion did not speak, felt that his words had called up around them a thoughtenchanted silence

Cassandra did not get half the kicking around she deserved

He swung the great truck viciously around a bend and the tires shrilled

I encompassed it almost around before I could find a convenient place to land in, which was a small creek about three times the wideness of my canoe

This frame, so slightly clad, was a sort of crystallization around me, and reacted on the builder

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Do not smoke around your child. (references)

You may also get up and move around. (references)

Avoid wearing tight clothing around your waist. (references)

Business

The increase was around USD 90 million. (references)

There around 18,000 hospitals in Mexico. (references)

Components make their way around China slowly. (references)

Children

Russia

Rather than focus on the needs of the children, the system revolves around the institutions. (references)

Brazil

In the northern Amazonian region, sexual exploitation of children centered around brothels that cater to mining settlements. (references)

Afghanistan

Some girls received an education in informal home schools, which were tolerated to varying degrees by the Taliban around the country. (references)

Civil Liberties

Chad

In the country, the group is found from the Kanem region around Lake Chad to neighboring Chari Baguirmi. (references)

Mexico

Reports of injury to and harassment of undocumented migrants continued around the country during the year. (references)

Iran

Human rights groups and governments around the world criticized the lack of due process in the proceedings. (references)

Economic History

Ukraine

The company employs around 2,000 people. (references)

Poland

Interest rates are high (around 17 percent). (references)

Norway

The reason might be the bad publicity around BSE. (references)

Human Rights

Bolivia

A crowd of demonstrators formed around the security forces. (references)

Guatemala

Justice centers operated in 10 locations around the country. (references)

Russia

These vehicles are necessary in order for the OSCE to travel around Chechnya. (references)

Indigenous People

Finland

Sami receive subsidies to enable them to continue their traditional lifestyle, which revolves around reindeer herding. (references)

Guatemala

In 511 tribunals around the country there are only 69 judges that speak Mayan languages and only 60 interpreters assist the remainder. (references)

Guatemala

In late May, the military base at Quetzaltenango hosted a day of reconciliation with representatives of 23 ethnic groups from around the country. (references)

Minorities

Cyprus

The authorities repaired and built a fence around the mosque and pledged to increase protection of Muslim sites. (references)

Russia

Anti-Semitic themes continued to figure in some local publications around the country, unchallenged by local authorities. (references)

Romania

Bilingual street signs were not erected in Cluj by year's end; bilingual signs have been erected in small localities around Cluj. (references)

Political Economy

ARGENTINA

Argentina's average applied tariff currently is around 13.5 percent. (references)

PARAGUAY

Some analysts have estimated that IVA compliance hovers around 30 percent. (references)

Finland

Around 95 percent of Finnish wage and salary earners came under the agreement. (references)

Political Rights

Togo

Foreign diplomats observed voting at close to 200 polling stations, mainly in and around Lome, but also in Yoto prefecture. (references)

Bangladesh

In the first 25 days of October, 266 murders and 213 rape cases related to post-election violence were recorded around the country. (references)

Trade

Turkey

Around 1,116 of the 15,563 standards are obligatory. (references)

Travel

Barbados

Fresh water around the island is safe to drink. (references)

Greece

The bulk of Greek industry is located around 20 sea ports. (references)

Poland

International direct dialing around the world is possible. (references)

Women

Swaziland

In previous years, the Ministry organized seminars and workshops to address gender issues around the country. (references)

Bulgaria

There were 15 crisis centers around the country which provide assistance to female victims of violence at year's end. (references)

India

The Committee notes that inability to prove those important events by documentation prevents effective implementation of laws that protect girls from sexual exploitation and trafficking, child labor and forced or early marriage." Dalit ("untouchable" caste) women have been stripped naked by mobs, and paraded around in public to humiliate Dalits who offend other castes. (references)

Worker Rights

China

SAWS has 2,950 employees in 9 departments and 68 field offices around the country. (references)

India

Bonded child labor in silk twining factories in and around the town of Magadi is a problem. (references)

Dominica

On November 1, 100 police officers staged a sick-out that briefly crippled operations around the island. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "around": aligned around ♦ all around ♦ all the way around ♦ arguments around a subject ♦ around a thousand ♦ around about ♦ around each other ♦ around five o'clock ♦ around here ♦ around midday ♦ around that ♦ around the city ♦ around the clock ♦ around the corner ♦ around the garden ♦ around the house ♦ around there ♦ around thirty ♦ around twenty ♦ arse around ♦ ask around ♦ barge around ♦ bat an idea around ♦ bat around ♦ be around ♦ beat around the bush ♦ blaze around ♦ blow around ♦ bob around ♦ boss around ♦ bring around ♦ browse around ♦ bugger around ♦ bully around ♦ bum around ♦ bumble around ♦ bump around ♦ bustle around ♦ buzz around ♦ cart around ♦ cast around ♦ cast around for ♦ charge around ♦ chase around ♦ circle around ♦ clay separations around pores ♦ clay separations around skeleton grains ♦ climb around ♦ close around ♦ clown around ♦ cluster around ♦ come around ♦ come around to one's point of vew ♦ creep around ♦ dance around ♦ dangle around ♦ dig around ♦ direct around ♦ drive around ♦ drop around ♦ fart around ♦ feel around ♦ ferret around ♦ fiddle around ♦ fish around ♦ flit around ♦ float around ♦ flock around ♦ flood around ♦ flop around ♦ flow around ♦ flutter around ♦ fly around ♦ fool around ♦ fool around with ♦ fooling around ♦ for miles around ♦ forage around ♦ frig around ♦ fumble around ♦ fuss around ♦ gad around ♦ gallivant around ♦ gather around ♦ get around ♦ get around to ♦ go around ♦ go around mode ♦ go around town ♦ go around with ♦ go around with a bad crowd ♦ going around ♦ going around in circles ♦ goof around ♦ group together around smb. ♦ hack around ♦ hand around ♦ hang around ♦ hang around for a while ♦ have around ♦ have been around. Additional references.

Beginning with "around": around-arran, Around-kevin, around-the-clock, around-the-world.

Ending with "around": turn-around, walk-around, wrap-around.

Containing "around": clip-around-the-nose, Corks-around-hats, fun-around-the-clock, ring-around-a-rosy, ring-around-rosy, ring-around-the-rosy, tour-around cycle, turn-around area, turn-around time.

Afrikaans

om (at, beside, by, on, to, upon, with), by (at, beside, by, for, near, near to, nearby, next, next to, with). (various references)

Albanian

rreth (brim, by, circa, circle, circlet, circuit, compass, concerning, coterie, disc, district, gabion, girth, gyre, periphery, range, region, rim, ring, rondure, round, somewhere, union). (various references)

Arabic 

‏في مكان قريب, ‏كل ما حول, ‏هنا وهناك (here and there, hither and thither), ‏حول (ability, about, alien, be cross eyed, bleach, capricious, commit, concerning, deed, deliver, deter, divert, encode, hand down, hand over, make, metamorphose, power, process, redress, refer, relocate, round, stop, switch, transfer, transmute, transpose, turn, whimsical, withdraw, work, year), ‏حوالي (about, almost, nearly, or so, some, upon). (various references)

Aymara

muyta. (various references)

Basque

inguru. (various references)

Breton

war-dro. (various references)

Bulgarian 

към (about, into, nearby, of, off, on, somewhere about, to, towards, unto, with), в (aboard, about, against, at, by, down, in, inside, into, on, to, under, unto, up, within), около (about, circa, in the region of, on, round, round about, some, somewhere about, toward), навсякъде (about, abroad, all around, anywhere, at every turn, everywhere, high and low, over, right-and-left, throughout, wide), наоколо (about, round), наблизо (by, close, hard, hereabout, in the offing, near, near by, nigh, within easy reach), подръка (arm in arm, at hand, handy), по (about, according to, after, against, at, by, for, from, in, of, on, out, out of, over, per, round, through, to, up, upon), из (about, among, amongst, from, over, round, through). (various references)

Catalan

voltant, entorn (about, round, towards). (various references)

Chinese 

約莫 (about, approximately), 在附近 (NEAR), 前後 (about, from beginning to end), 左右 (about, approximately, left and right). (various references)

Czech

okolo (about), kolem (about, by, over, past, round, upwards of), dokola (round). (various references)

Danish

rundt, omkring (about, round, towards), om (about, by, concerning, for, from, in, inside, into, of, on, per, round, since, towards, upon, within). (various references)

Dutch

om (about, at, by, in order to, on, round, so as, to, towards, untranslated, untranslated here, upon), ongeveer (about, abroad, approximately, round, towards), omtrent (about, concerning, round, towards), om ... heen (about, round, towards). (various references)

Esperanto

’irka—, ‚irka—, ĉirkaŭ (about, round, towards). (various references)

Estonian

ümber. (various references)

Faeroese

rundan um (about, round, towards). (various references)

Farsi 

پیرامون (About, Circumference, Outline), گرداگرد (About), دور (Aloof, Away, Circuit, Distant, Meander, Orbit, Race, Remote, Wheel, Yonder), درهرسو, درنزدیکی , درحوالی , دراطراف (About). (various references)

Finnish

ympärillä (about, round, towards), -sta (about, concerning, on, round, towards, upon), noin (about, approximately, circa). (various references)

Flemish

rond, om (at, for, to). (various references)

French

autour de, autour. (various references)

French Canadian

environ. (various references)

Frisian

swaaie (turn, turn around, turn round), ferdraaie (turn, turn around, turn round), draaie (turn, turn around, turn round). (various references)

German

um ... herum (about, around about, at about, round, roundabout, towards), um (about, after, at, by, for, in order, in order to, of, on, per, round, roundabout, to, towards, upon), ringsherum (all around, all the way around, round), herum (about), ungefähr (about, about much, abroad, almost, approximate, approximately, general, nearly, peradventure, rather, rough, roughly, similarly, some, vaguely), rund um. (various references)

Greek 

γύρω (about, circa, in the region of, round, surrounding). (various references)

Guarani

ko'árupi (around here). (various references)

Haitian Creole

vè (glass). (various references)

Hebrew 

מסביב (about, round, round about), חלילה (god forbid, round about), בקרבה, בערך (about, approximately, offhand, roughly, thereabouts), בסביבות, סביב (about, round, surrounding). (various references)

Hungarian

körülbelül (about, approximately, circa, in the neighbourhood of, in the vicinity of sg, or so, round, some, something like, towards, vicinity), körül (about, abroad, along about, at liberal, round, round about, to curry favour with sy, to skirt, toward, towards), táján (about, along about), mindenfelé (about, abroad, all around, eachwhere, everywhere, near and far, on all hands, on every hand), minden oldalon, minden irányban (in all directions, in every direction), közel (by, by near, close to, near, near by, nearly, next door to, nigh, toward, towards, up), körös-körül (about, all round), itt-ott (here and there, passim), felé (intro-, on, to, to make tracks for a place, toward, towards, unto). (various references)

Indonesian

seputar, selilit (one twist, tab), sekitar (about, vicinity), kira-kira (about, approximately, thereabouts). (various references)

Irish

timpeall. (various references)

Italian

intorno a (about, circa, round, towards). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

くつくつ法師 (approximately, bending loosely back and forth, brood over, dizziness, giddiness, Kutsukutsu-boushi semi, like a small spinning object, making something, meandering, mope, repetitively, round, tediously, to bend loosely back and forth, type of cicada, worry about, wriggling body), 前後 (about that, approximately, before and after, before and behind, context, front and back, longitudinal, nearly, throughout), アモルファス半導体 (a la carte, alarm, alert, alignment, Allah, alliance, amorphous semiconductor, Ayatollah). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぜんご (about that, approximately, before and after, before and behind, context, finishing up carefully, front and back, giving careful thought to the future, longitudinal, nearly, throughout), くるりと (round), アラウンド . (various references)

Korean 

의 주위에. (various references)

Luxembourgish

géint, em (at). (various references)

Manx

ym- (circum-, peri-, prefix circum-), mysh (about, about him, concerning, on the point of, regarding), mygeayrt (about, roundabout, surrounding), chymmylt (foreskin, prepuce). (various references)

Mohawk

-tkarhatenyes (to turn around). (various references)

Norwegian

rundt, omkring (about, round, towards), om (about, by, concerning, from, if, in, of, on, round, since, towards, upon). (various references)

Papiamen

drai (turn, turn around, turn round). (various references)

Pidgin English

around. (various references)

Pig Latin

arounday.(various references)

Polish

wokół (about, round, towards), około (about, round, towards), dookoła (about, round, towards). (various references)

Portuguese

em torno (everywhere, round). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

por (about, by, for, through). (various references)

Quechua

kayneqpi (around here). (various references)

Romanian

cam (a little, about, approximately, circa, pretty, rather, roundabout, some, somewhat, somewhere, thereabouts, to some extent), în jurul (about, round, towards). (various references)

Russian 

кругом (about, about-face, all around, all round, circum-, right round), всюду (anywhere, everywhere, universally), вокруг;около везде, вокруг (about, over, round), в окружности, около (about, abt about, around [], at, beside, by, cca circa, in the neighbourhood of, in the vicinity of, near, near to, nearly, next to, nr near, some [], toward, towards), обратно (conversely, counter, inversely, rearward, round), по (after, along, by, deem, late, on, per, under, up, weather). (various references)

Scottish

timchioll. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

za (after, by, con, during, favor: in favor of, favour: in favour of, for, in, into, per, to, towards, unto, with), u blizini (about, by, close by, close to), približno (about, approximate to, approximately, closely, roughly, round), po (according to, after, by, during, for, in, on, over, per, through), otprilike (about, approximately, circa, perchance, some, thereabouts), okruglo (approximately), okolo, oko (about, eye, orb, peeper, round, toward). (various references)

Slovene

okoli (about). (various references)

Somali

abbaaro. (various references)

Sotho

hona (gather around). (various references)

Spanish

alrededor de (about, round, towards), alrededor (about, at, in order to, look after, round, thereabout), por (a, about, after, along, as, at, because of, by, during, for, in, inside, into, on, out, out of, over, per, through, to, via, within), en torno de (about, round, towards). (various references)

Sranan

dray (turn, turn around, turn round). (various references)

Swedish

runt (about, over, round, roundly), omkring (about, approximately, round). (various references)

Tagalog

sa paligid (about, round, towards). (various references)

Thai

ใกล้ๆ, ไปยัง (at, for, onto), โดยประมาณ (by, odd, somewhere), ที่มีชีวิตอยู่, รอบๆ, ประมาณ (estimate, scale). (various references)

Tswana

mo (at, in, just). (various references)

Turkish

arada burada, aşağı yukarı (about, approximately, approximative, circa, close on, in the neighborhood of, in the neighbourhood of, in the rough, just about, more or less, nigh, pretty much, rough, roughly, roundly, some, something like, sub-, thereabout, to and fro, tolerably), sularında, oraya buraya (at random), etrafta, etrafında (about, round), etrafına (about, round), bu civarda (around here, hereabout, hereabouts, near here), çevresine, çevresinde (round), çevrede. (various references)

Turkmen 

aяlanmak (go around), ykmak (linger, loaf around), sowmak (consume, divert, spend money, urn around), garanjaklamak (look around), dцrmek (dig around for, search), daсmak (wrap around), зyrlamak (embrace with, wind around), bдlзireюmek (joke around). (various references)

Ukrainian

скрізь (about, anywhere, everywhere, passim, up), всюди (abroad, anywhere, passim, throughout, wide), в окружності, неподалік (about, nearby), навкруги (about, all over), навколо (about, round), за (abaft, about, according to, after, at, behind, beyond, by, in favor of, in favour of, off, on, out, outside, per, to, with, within, without), біля (against, alongside, anigh, at, by, near, nearly, next, on, round), близько (about, anigh, at close range, bain, close, closely, familiarly, hard upon, near, near at hand, nearly, nigh, short, something like, somewhere, thereabout, thereabouts), приблизно (about, approximately, in the rough, just about, more or less, or so, rough, some, something), поблизу (about, alongside, anear, anigh, aside, beside, by, hereabout, hereabouts, hereby, near, nearby, nigh, thereabout, thereabouts, thereby), по (about, against, along, by, o'er, on, over, round). (various references)

Vietnamese 

xung quanh vòng quanh đó đây, loanh quanh (circuitous), chỗ nọ, chỗ này, ở gần. (various references)

Welsh

am (about, at, because, by, concerning, upon), o gwmpas (about), o amgylch (about, round, towards), o amglych (about, round about). (various references)

bi. (various references)

circa, circiter, circum, inter. (various references)

aiwi, pairi. (various references)

abutan. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words ending with "around": runaround, turnaround, workaround, wraparound. (additional references)

Words containing "around": runarounds, turnarounds, workarounds, wraparounds. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Around" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: afount, agond, Arauna, Ardouin, Arend, Ariand, Arnun, Aroint, arood, aroom, aroon, aroond, arou, aroun, Arouna, arounde, arround, artound, awound, ayonua, Barlund, Erfoud, erund, Eyroun, Farabund, Farkunda, garound, Garrould, Harouna, Harroun, Harunda, latroun, oriundi, oround, pround. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: adorn, doura, radon, round.

-2 letters: darn, dona, dour, dura, durn, duro, nard, nurd, orad, rand, road, roan, undo.

-3 letters: ado, and, don, dor, dun, duo, nod, nor, oar, ora, oud, our, rad, ran, rod, run, udo, urd, urn.

-4 letters: ad, an, ar, do, na, no, nu, od, on, or, un.

+1 letter: adjourn, aground, candour, nodular, pandour, rondeau, rotunda.

+2 letters: adjourns, airbound, baudrons, boundary, candours, cauldron, crunodal, dinosaur, duration, gourmand, outdrank, outdrawn, pandours, pauldron, quadroon, rigaudon, rondeaux, rotundas, squadron, unloader, untoward.

+3 letters: adjourned, anhydrous, cauldrons, communard, dangerous, demeanour, dinosaurs, durations, enamoured, endeavour, gourmands, hardbound, inundator, meandrous, noseguard, outdaring, outearned, outlander, outranged, outranked, pauldrons, quadroons, rigaudons, roundelay, roundsman, runaround, squadrons, unadorned, unarmored, undercoat, unloaders.