- rounding, rounding error - (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals; "taxes are rounded off to the nearest dollar but the rounding error is surprisingly small"
--1 is a kind of miscalculation, misreckoning, misestimation
- round - wind around; move along a circular course; "round the bend"
--1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun round14
Something ----s something
- round, round out, round off - make round; "round the edges"
--2 is one way to shape, form
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun rounder2
Somebody ----s something
- surround, environ, encircle, circle, round, ring - be around; "Developments surround the town"; "The river encircles the village"
--3 is one way to hold, bear, carry, contain
Sample sentences:
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- round, labialize, labialise - pronounce with rounded lips
--4 is one way to pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
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- attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault - attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
--5 is one way to knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
Sample sentences:
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- polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up - bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners"
--6 is one way to perfect, hone
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- round off, round down, round out, round - express as a round number; "round off the amount"
--7 is one way to change, alter, modify
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- round, flesh out, fill out - become round, plump, or shapely; "The young woman is fleshing out"
--8 is one way to gain, put on
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