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# rounders

noun (rounders — uncountable, used as singular)

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

## Everyday

A bat-and-ball game played in the UK and Ireland, a bit like baseball, where players hit a ball and run around four posts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rounders/#m1)

### In the lessons

In PE lessons in the UK and Ireland, pupils play rounders in summer. A player scores a "rounder" by running round all four posts. It is similar to baseball in the USA and softball. Phrases: play rounders, score a rounder, rounders bat, half a rounder.

### Examples

- We played rounders on the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rounders/#x1)
- I scored a rounder! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rounders/#x2)
- Rounders is a summer game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rounders/#x3)
- Hold the rounders bat with one hand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rounders/#x4)
- Run to the first post when you hit the ball. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rounders/#x5)
- Our class won the rounders match. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rounders/#x6)
- Rounders is a bit like baseball. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rounders/#x7)

### Note

"Rounders" ends in s but is singular: "Rounders is fun." A single point is "a rounder". In maths, scores can include halves: a team with 5 and a half rounders beats a team with 5. In the USA, baseball and softball are the closest games.

## On Mova

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