Around
preposition
In or to many places in area.
I looked around but couldn't find him
Often appears as...
- look around
- walk around
adverb
In a circle or circular direction.
She turned around and faced me
Often appears as...
- turn around
- spin around
preposition
Near a place or area.
The school is somewhere around here
Often appears as...
- around here
- around the corner
adverb
Approximately, about.
It costs around $10
Often appears as...
- around ten
- around 5 o'clock
preposition
On all or various sides of.
I put my arms around her
Often appears as...
- arms around
- wrapped around
adverb
Existing or happening, often in the immediate vicinity.
Is Tom around?
Often appears as...
- is he/she/it around
- not around
preposition
In or to many places in area.
I looked around but couldn't find him
Often appears as...
- look around
- walk around
adverb
In a circle or circular direction.
She turned around and faced me
Often appears as...
- turn around
- spin around
preposition
Near a place or area.
The school is somewhere around here
Often appears as...
- around here
- around the corner
adverb
Approximately, about.
It costs around $10
Often appears as...
- around ten
- around 5 o'clock
preposition
On all or various sides of.
I put my arms around her
Often appears as...
- arms around
- wrapped around
adverb
Existing or happening, often in the immediate vicinity.
Is Tom around?
Often appears as...
- is he/she/it around
- not around
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/3Exploration Context
Used to describe searching through an area when trying to find something or someone.
We wandered around the park looking for a picnic spot.
Pro Tip 2/3Active Movement
Implies active movement or activity in various directions within a location.
The kids were running around the playground excitedly.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Specific
Does not pinpoint a specific location, but rather a general vicinity.
I've put your keys somewhere around the living room.
Pro Tip 1/3Exploration Context
Used to describe searching through an area when trying to find something or someone.
We wandered around the park looking for a picnic spot.
Pro Tip 2/3Active Movement
Implies active movement or activity in various directions within a location.
The kids were running around the playground excitedly.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Specific
Does not pinpoint a specific location, but rather a general vicinity.
I've put your keys somewhere around the living room.
Pro Tip 1/3Exploration Context
Used to describe searching through an area when trying to find something or someone.
We wandered around the park looking for a picnic spot.
Pro Tip 2/3Active Movement
Implies active movement or activity in various directions within a location.
The kids were running around the playground excitedly.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Specific
Does not pinpoint a specific location, but rather a general vicinity.
I've put your keys somewhere around the living room.
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The psychology of...
but the people around them suffer. Taken to the extreme, this behavior is classified as a psychological disorder called narcissistic personality disorder. It affects one to two percent of the population, more commonly men. It is also a diagnosis reserved for adults.
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they're wild and radical -- how is it possible that they become so ubiquitous throughout the world? And it happened because media so successfully galvanized around them that they quickly taught us that these forms mean culture and tourism.
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Attenborough: the...
To persuade females the come close and admire his plumes, he sings the most complex song he can manage and he does that by copying the songs of all the other birds he hears around him, such as the kookaburra.
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How to deal with...
my mother was a very glamorous poet and an artist and they were always very interesting people around he was a bohemian world she loved entertaining and there would be raucous parties on weeknights I would
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10 TOP Natural History...
admire his plumes he sings the most complex song he can manage and he does that by copying the songs of all the other birds he hears around him such as the kookaburra it's a very convincing impersonation
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no matter who it was, she just like brought out their light. And her lifelong goal was to be a healer. And she got her dream job as a transplant nurse, caught, she got sick, right around January.
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LeBron James
American Basketball Player
My father wasn't around when I was a kid, and I used to always say, 'Why me? Why don't I have a father? Why isn't he around? Why did he leave my mother?' But as I got older I looked deeper and thought, 'I don't know what my father was going through, but if he was around all the time, would I be who I am today?
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Steven Wright
American Comedian
I don't feel that I'm explaining the world or teaching people anything. And I'm not trying to be a mirror, showing them what's really going on the world. All I'm trying to do is think of stuff that's funny, just like when I'm kidding around with my friends.
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Sidney Poitier
American Actor
I learned to hear silence. That's the kind of life I lived: simple. I learned to see things in people around me, in my mom, dad, brothers and sisters.
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Steve Jobs
American Businessman
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If I can bring happiness to people all around the world, then I will try my best to do so.
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Stephen King
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Life is like a wheel. Sooner or later, it always come around to where you started again.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
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Snoop Dogg
American Rapper
Well, hip-hop is what makes the world go around.
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LeBron James
American Basketball Player
My father wasn't around when I was a kid, and I used to always say, 'Why me? Why don't I have a father? Why isn't he around? Why did he leave my mother?' But as I got older I looked deeper and thought, 'I don't know what my father was going through, but if he was around all the time, would I be who I am today?
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Steven Wright
American Comedian
I don't feel that I'm explaining the world or teaching people anything. And I'm not trying to be a mirror, showing them what's really going on the world. All I'm trying to do is think of stuff that's funny, just like when I'm kidding around with my friends.
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Sidney Poitier
American Actor
I learned to hear silence. That's the kind of life I lived: simple. I learned to see things in people around me, in my mom, dad, brothers and sisters.
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Steve Jobs
American Businessman
Woz is living his own life now. He hasn't been around Apple for about five years. But what he did will go down in history.
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Doja Cat
American Musician
Before 'MOOO!' there were times when I was definitely at a low. I wasn't getting that much support from people around me.
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Tom Holland
English Actor
If I can bring happiness to people all around the world, then I will try my best to do so.
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Stephen King
Author
Life is like a wheel. Sooner or later, it always come around to where you started again.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
India has over 20 percent of the kids born in the world. And they move around a lot.
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Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
American Boxer
You have to protect yourself at all times. What goes around comes around.
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Well, hip-hop is what makes the world go around.
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