Roundabout
noun
A circular place in a road where three or more roads meet and traffic must go around it to get to the road they need.
He missed the laundry because he took the wrong exit at the roundabout.
Often appears as...
- take the roundabout
- exit the roundabout
adjective
Not direct or straightforward, instead using many words or a long time.
He gave a roundabout explanation that led to more confusion.
noun
A type of playground ride that spins around.
Kids love riding on the roundabout at the park.
Often appears as...
- ride the roundabout
- spin the roundabout
noun
A piece of equipment in a gym used for exercise that simulates walking or running.
His daily workout included 30 minutes on the roundabout.
Often appears as...
- use the roundabout
- exercise on the roundabout
noun
A circular place in a road where three or more roads meet and traffic must go around it to get to the road they need.
He missed the laundry because he took the wrong exit at the roundabout.
Often appears as...
- take the roundabout
- exit the roundabout
adjective
Not direct or straightforward, instead using many words or a long time.
He gave a roundabout explanation that led to more confusion.
noun
A type of playground ride that spins around.
Kids love riding on the roundabout at the park.
Often appears as...
- ride the roundabout
- spin the roundabout
noun
A piece of equipment in a gym used for exercise that simulates walking or running.
His daily workout included 30 minutes on the roundabout.
Often appears as...
- use the roundabout
- exercise on the roundabout
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Traffic Flow
A roundabout controls traffic, moving cars smoothly instead of stopping at lights.
Follow the roundabout to merge into the flow without traffic signals.
Pro Tip 2/3Driving Etiquette
In a roundabout, give way to traffic already on it and signal before exiting.
Remember to yield on entering the roundabout.
Pro Tip 3/3Navigating Exits
Roundabouts can have multiple exits; know which one you need before entering.
Take the second exit at the roundabout for the museum.
Pro Tip 1/3Traffic Flow
A roundabout controls traffic, moving cars smoothly instead of stopping at lights.
Follow the roundabout to merge into the flow without traffic signals.
Pro Tip 2/3Driving Etiquette
In a roundabout, give way to traffic already on it and signal before exiting.
Remember to yield on entering the roundabout.
Pro Tip 3/3Navigating Exits
Roundabouts can have multiple exits; know which one you need before entering.
Take the second exit at the roundabout for the museum.
Pro Tip 1/3Traffic Flow
A roundabout controls traffic, moving cars smoothly instead of stopping at lights.
Follow the roundabout to merge into the flow without traffic signals.
Pro Tip 2/3Driving Etiquette
In a roundabout, give way to traffic already on it and signal before exiting.
Remember to yield on entering the roundabout.
Pro Tip 3/3Navigating Exits
Roundabouts can have multiple exits; know which one you need before entering.
Take the second exit at the roundabout for the museum.
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Michael Pawlyn: Using...
and supplying fish back to the restaurant. And we'd also have a coffee shop, and the waste grains from that could be used as a substrate for growing mushrooms. So you can see that we're bringing together cycles of food, energy and water and waste all within one building. And just for fun, we've proposed this for a roundabout in central London,
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Gary Lauder's new...
So, unsignalized intersections, meaning stop signs, they save many lives, but there's an excessive proliferation of them. Small roundabouts are starting to appear. This is one in my neighborhood. And they are much better -- better than traffic lights, better than four-way stop signs. They're expensive to install,
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These Men Love...
helps me once every year or so where we clean everybody bottle in there this is dull it is not all post boxes but I am let off the leash every now and again and she's quite happy for me to go wandering my ex-wife hated the fact that I was a roundabouts button in the end she left me but I don't mind her because
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Eli the eel: A...
in a giant orgy known as panmixia. A couple of days after the eggs are laid, they hatch, and the cycle begins again. And because we've never seen the adult eels returning up the fresh water rivers, we must assume that, having completed their long and roundabout journey, these amazing and mysterious creatures
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Natalie Jeremijenko:...
where we met in a roundabout, precisely because the roundabout iconified the headless social movement that informs much social transformation, as opposed to the top-down control of red light traffic intersections. In this case, of course, the roundabout
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Daniel H. Cohen: For...
arguments don't seem to get us anywhere; they're dead ends. They are like roundabouts or traffic jams or gridlock in conversation. We don't get anywhere. And one more thing. And as an educator, this is the one that really bothers If argument is war,
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The art of the metaphor...
Metaphors are a way to talk about one thing by describing something else. That may seem roundabout, but it's not. Seeing and hearing and tasting are how we know anything first. The philosopher William James described the world of newborn infants
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Safari Live - Day 142 PIPE...
species of spiders have pedipalps that can fit to the sexual organs of a female and s they're the same species if that makes sense I've said in very roundabout way which means it's a lock-and-key mechanism so only the pedipalps of that
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Direction Game PIPE Brain...
are correct and finally at the roundabout which exit do you take if you said the third exit you are correct did you get them all right that's great you probably have a really good memory
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Why we get mad -- and...
Roundabouts -- I can tell you honestly, there is no rage like roundabout rage. Sometimes their answers aren't minor at all. Sometimes they talk about racism and sexism and bullying
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Michael Pawlyn: Using...
and supplying fish back to the restaurant. And we'd also have a coffee shop, and the waste grains from that could be used as a substrate for growing mushrooms. So you can see that we're bringing together cycles of food, energy and water and waste all within one building. And just for fun, we've proposed this for a roundabout in central London,
Video examples
Gary Lauder's new...
So, unsignalized intersections, meaning stop signs, they save many lives, but there's an excessive proliferation of them. Small roundabouts are starting to appear. This is one in my neighborhood. And they are much better -- better than traffic lights, better than four-way stop signs. They're expensive to install,
Video examples
These Men Love...
helps me once every year or so where we clean everybody bottle in there this is dull it is not all post boxes but I am let off the leash every now and again and she's quite happy for me to go wandering my ex-wife hated the fact that I was a roundabouts button in the end she left me but I don't mind her because
Video examples
Eli the eel: A...
in a giant orgy known as panmixia. A couple of days after the eggs are laid, they hatch, and the cycle begins again. And because we've never seen the adult eels returning up the fresh water rivers, we must assume that, having completed their long and roundabout journey, these amazing and mysterious creatures
Video examples
Natalie Jeremijenko:...
where we met in a roundabout, precisely because the roundabout iconified the headless social movement that informs much social transformation, as opposed to the top-down control of red light traffic intersections. In this case, of course, the roundabout
Video examples
Daniel H. Cohen: For...
arguments don't seem to get us anywhere; they're dead ends. They are like roundabouts or traffic jams or gridlock in conversation. We don't get anywhere. And one more thing. And as an educator, this is the one that really bothers If argument is war,
Video examples
The art of the metaphor...
Metaphors are a way to talk about one thing by describing something else. That may seem roundabout, but it's not. Seeing and hearing and tasting are how we know anything first. The philosopher William James described the world of newborn infants
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 142 PIPE...
species of spiders have pedipalps that can fit to the sexual organs of a female and s they're the same species if that makes sense I've said in very roundabout way which means it's a lock-and-key mechanism so only the pedipalps of that
Video examples
Direction Game PIPE Brain...
are correct and finally at the roundabout which exit do you take if you said the third exit you are correct did you get them all right that's great you probably have a really good memory
Video examples
Why we get mad -- and...
Roundabouts -- I can tell you honestly, there is no rage like roundabout rage. Sometimes their answers aren't minor at all. Sometimes they talk about racism and sexism and bullying
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Joseph Fiennes
British Actor
I fall in love with contradictions without understanding. I can't really portray them unless I do. So in a roundabout way I have to fall in love, it's my duty. If love is about understanding and understanding is compassion and compassion is love, I have to have compassion towards the world.
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Paul Weller
English Musician
Getting to No. 1 makes everyone feel better; of course it does. But it's swings and roundabouts with these things. Sometimes you make a great record, and it clicks with people. And other times it passes them by; there's nothing you can do. It's still the same record.
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Randy Meisner
I thought it would be nice to sit in with Timothy B. Schmit and sing 'Take It to the Limit,' but they pretty much gave me a 'no' in a roundabout way. I can't blame them. They have to keep their band the way it is.
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Robert Kubica
Polish Driver
I drive like my body and my limitations leave me to do it. After my accident, I discovered that to do a roundabout in the road car, you don't have to grab the steering wheel, you can use friction to turn.
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Billy Campbell
American Actor
The feeling of being at sea has put me in touch with who I am to a greater degree than if I had been on land all these years. So, in a roundabout way, I imagine it does inform my acting.
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Sean Parker
American Businessman
If there's some triumphant end of the story, I guess in a roundabout way I've gotten what I wanted, which is the ability to do interesting things and the wealth to be free.
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Douglas Booth
English Actor
I may not have seen my girlfriend for two or three months, but then we can spend two or three months together solidly. It's swings and roundabouts.
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Andrew Motion
English Poet
You see the names of places roundabout? They're mine now, and I've turned them inside out.
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Duncan Jones
English Director
I took an incredibly roundabout route getting into feature films.
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Mike Phelan
English Coach
I guess my career has gone in a roundabout way.
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Joseph Fiennes
British Actor
I fall in love with contradictions without understanding. I can't really portray them unless I do. So in a roundabout way I have to fall in love, it's my duty. If love is about understanding and understanding is compassion and compassion is love, I have to have compassion towards the world.
Quote examples
Paul Weller
English Musician
Getting to No. 1 makes everyone feel better; of course it does. But it's swings and roundabouts with these things. Sometimes you make a great record, and it clicks with people. And other times it passes them by; there's nothing you can do. It's still the same record.
Quote examples
Randy Meisner
I thought it would be nice to sit in with Timothy B. Schmit and sing 'Take It to the Limit,' but they pretty much gave me a 'no' in a roundabout way. I can't blame them. They have to keep their band the way it is.
Quote examples
Robert Kubica
Polish Driver
I drive like my body and my limitations leave me to do it. After my accident, I discovered that to do a roundabout in the road car, you don't have to grab the steering wheel, you can use friction to turn.
Quote examples
Billy Campbell
American Actor
The feeling of being at sea has put me in touch with who I am to a greater degree than if I had been on land all these years. So, in a roundabout way, I imagine it does inform my acting.
Quote examples
Sean Parker
American Businessman
If there's some triumphant end of the story, I guess in a roundabout way I've gotten what I wanted, which is the ability to do interesting things and the wealth to be free.
Quote examples
Douglas Booth
English Actor
I may not have seen my girlfriend for two or three months, but then we can spend two or three months together solidly. It's swings and roundabouts.
Quote examples
Andrew Motion
English Poet
You see the names of places roundabout? They're mine now, and I've turned them inside out.
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Duncan Jones
English Director
I took an incredibly roundabout route getting into feature films.
Quote examples
Mike Phelan
English Coach
I guess my career has gone in a roundabout way.
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