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# around

preposition, adverb (around; UK also round)

«around» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Around means on every side of something, or in a circle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/around/#m1)
2. Around means about, not exact: «around 30 people». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/around/#m2)
3. Around means in different places nearby: «walk around the town». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/around/#m3)
4. Around means turning to face the other way: «turn around». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/around/#m4)

### In the lessons

the distance all the way round a shape (perimeter); also an approximate number; phrases «turn around», «look around», «around the corner», «all around», «around the world», «get around»

### Examples

- A fence goes around a yard 10 m by 6 m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/around/#x1)
- She ran around the track 4 times. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/around/#x2)
- There are around 30 people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/around/#x3)
- How much ribbon goes around the box? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/around/#x4)
- The Earth goes around the Sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/around/#x5)
- Turn around and look behind you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/around/#x6)
- The shop is just around the corner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/around/#x7)
- We looked around the museum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/around/#x8)
- I'll see you around 5 o'clock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/around/#x9)
- The moon goes around the Earth in about a month. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/around/#x10)
- Great white ice-bergs came drifting around them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/around/#x11)

### Note

«around a shape» means perimeter: add all the sides. Trap: «around 30» means about 30, an estimate, not a sum. The Earth goes around the Sun in a year.

## In Jewish tradition

the distance all the way round a shape (perimeter); also an approximate number; phrases «turn around», «look around», «around the corner», «all around», «around the world», «get around»

### Examples

- Drawing the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet around the edge of a circle, it takes 231 lines, here called שְׁעָרִים sheʽarim ‘gates’, to connect every possible combination of 2 letters. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/around/#x1)

### Note

«around a shape» means perimeter: add all the sides. Trap: «around 30» means about 30, an estimate, not a sum. The Earth goes around the Sun in a year.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «around» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/around/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«around» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/around.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «around» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/around/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«around» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/around.html) on Mova free.