round

[raund] 1. adj

okrągły

2. n

(by policeman, doctor) obchód m; (of competition, talks) runda f; (of golf) partia f; (of ammunition) nabój m, pocisk m; (of drinks) kolejka f; (of sandwiches) porcja f

3. vt

lake etc okrążać (okrążyć perf); cape opływać (opłynąć perf)

to round the corner — skręcać (skręcić perf) za róg

Phrasal Verbs:

- round off

- round up

4. prep

round his neck/the table — wokół jego szyi/stołu

to sail round the world — płynąć (popłynąć perf) dookoła świata

to move round a room — chodzić po pokoju

round about 300 — około 300

5. adv

all round — dookoła

the long way round — okrężną drogą

all (the) year round — przez cały rok

the wrong way round — odwrotnie, na odwrót

in round figures — w zaokrągleniu

it's just round the corner — to jest tuż za rogiem

to ask sb round — zapraszać (zaprosić perf) kogoś do siebie

I'll be round at six o'clock — będę o szóstej

to go round — obracać się

to go round to sb's (house) — zachodzić (zajść perf) do kogoś

to go round the back — wchodzić (wejść perf) od tyłu

to go round an obstacle — obchodzić (obejść perf) przeszkodę

there is enough to go round — wystarczy dla wszystkich

round the clock — (przez) całą dobę, na okrągło (inf)

the daily round (fig) — dzienny przydział

a round of applause — owacja

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1. adjective

1) (shaped like a circle or globe: a round hole; a round stone; This plate isn't quite round.) okrągły

2) (rather fat; plump: a round face.) pulchny

2. adverb

1) (in the opposite direction: He turned round.) wokół

2) (in a circle: They all stood round and listened; A wheel goes round; All (the) year round.) dokoła

3) (from one person to another: They passed the letter round; The news went round.) dokoła

4) (from place to place: We drove round for a while.) wokoło, dokoła

5) (in circumference: The tree measured two metres round.) w obwodzie

6) (to a particular place, usually a person's home: Are you coming round (to our house) tonight?) do, z wizytą

3. preposition

1) (on all sides of: There was a wall round the garden; He looked round the room.) wokół

2) (passing all sides of (and returning to the starting-place): They ran round the tree.) dookoła

3) (changing direction at: He came round the corner.) zza

4) (in or to all parts of: The news spread all round the town.) dookoła

4. noun

1) (a complete circuit: a round of drinks (= one for everyone present); a round of golf.) kolejka

2) (a regular journey one takes to do one's work: a postman's round.) obchód, objazd, tura

3) (a burst of cheering, shooting etc: They gave him a round of applause; The soldier fired several rounds.) salwa, seria

4) (a single bullet, shell etc: five hundred rounds of ammunition.) nabój, pocisk

5) (a stage in a competition etc: The winners of the first round will go through to the next.) etap, runda

6) (a type of song sung by several singers singing the same tune starting in succession.) kanon

5. verb

(to go round: The car rounded the corner.) okrążyć

- rounded

- roundly
- roundness
- rounds
- all-round
- all-rounder
- roundabout 6. adjective

(not direct: a roundabout route.) okrężny, dookolny

- round figures/numbers

- round-shouldered
- round trip
- all round
- round about
- round off
- round on
- round up