Engelsk adverb: around | |||
1. | around in the area or vicinity | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | A few spectators standing about. Hanging around. Waited around for the next flight. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | about | ||
2. | around by a circular or circuitous route | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He came all the way around the base. The road goes around the pond. | ||
3. | around used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | 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. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | about | ||
4. | around in a circle or circular motion | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The wheels are spinning around. | ||
5. | around (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | 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. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | about, approximately, close to, just about, more or less, or so, roughly, some | ||
6. | around in or to a reversed position or direction | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | About face. Suddenly she turned around. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | about | ||
7. | around to a particular destination either specified or understood | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | She came around to see me. I invited them around for supper. | ||
8. | around all around or on all sides | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Dirty clothes lying around (or about). Let's look about for help. There were trees growing all around. She looked around her. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | about | ||
9. | around in circumference | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The trunk is ten feet around. The pond is two miles around. | ||
10. | around from beginning to end; throughout | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | It rains all year round on Skye. Frigid weather the year around. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | round | ||